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Luoyang Qianyang Palace.

A huge map stretching across the main hall.

Li Chongjiu's advisers Wen Yanbo, Yu Shinan, Ji Chuan, Zhang Xuansu, Xue Wanshu, etc., as well as the generals Shan Xiongxin, Wang Mahan and other generals all gathered in the main hall.

The landforms of the counties near Luoyang drawn on the map are clear at a glance.

Zhang Xuansu told Li Chongjiu: "Since our army captured Luoyang for two months, Li Tang has not sat still, although they did not send troops on a large scale, but some adjustments have also been made, on the 10th of last month, Li Yuan ordered the new Luzhou marching commander Liu Shirang, and the general Li Xiyu to attack our army's Wei County and break several counties. ”

Li Chongjiu listened and asked: "Gongxian is close to the left, and there is Wei County, why is Wei County's defense so negligent?" ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wei County was originally guarded by General Wang Mahan, but after attacking Luoyang, he led his army south to attack Hanoi, so Wei County was empty. Li Yuan saw this opportunity and ordered Liu Shirang to send troops to attack Wei County, and now it is very good that our army can keep the county safe and Yangcheng without losing it. ”

Li Chongjiu pondered for a while and said: "Immediately draft an edict to transfer Li Wenxiang, the county guard of Qinghe County, and Wang Xiaohu, the governor of Qinghe County, led the army to the first line of Neihuang to repel the Tang army. ”

"No." Wen Yanbo agreed immediately.

Ouyang asked: "Li Yuan's use of troops is really powerful, our army only has this omission, he captured half of Wei County, but we are not afraid of him when he captures Wei County, as long as our army has Yongji Canal, the Yellow River water transportation, and the soldiers and horses along the river can be mobilized freely, we will not worry about cutting off the back road for Li Yuan." ”

"Exactly," Xue Wanshu began. "The capture of Luoyang has been in the past two months. Although there was no fighting between our army and the Tang army, both sides were trying to consolidate their territory. After our army captured Luoyang, Li Tang knew that he could not compete with our army in Luoyang, and took the initiative to give up the Xin'an, Yiyang, Longmen, and Yique counties that he had captured before, and Henan County just retreated to Baoyang City and held the road to Songnan. And after Li Tang's Xingyang County Guard Guo Shi'an was killed by our army, Li Tang also gave up Xingyang County. It is just to defend Kaifeng County and choke the waterway for our army to go south from the Tongji Canal to Jianghuai. ”

"This time we marched south, and our army captured Henan County, most of Xingyang County, plus Dongjun, Jiyin County, Dongping County, as well as Liang County and Jibei County. Our army has actually taken control of parts of the south bank of the Yellow River and has gained a firm foothold. ”

Ji Chuan said: "But Li Tang attacked Wang Shichong, but the profit was greater than ours, you see." ”

Everyone followed Himekawa's pointing to the map. Ji Chuan pointed with a bamboo cane and said, "Except for the fact that we recaptured Henan County from Li Tang, most of Xingyang County, and Xiangyang County captured by Xiao Miao. Li Tang captured from Wang Shichong, and there was a total of Xiangcheng County south of the eastern capital. Yingchuan County in the southeast, as well as Shuyang County. Nanyang County, Huai'an County, Runan County, Huaiyang County, Handong County, Liang County, a total of nine counties and more than 70 states, not to mention the four counties that Li Xiaogong attacked Li Tang and captured last year. ”

"Li Tang has conquered almost half of Henan, completely cutting off our army from Xiangyang County, making it impossible for us to support each other with Xiao Miao. At least Li Yuan doesn't have to go through Luoyang, Li Tang is in Liangjun General Cheng Jiahui, Wang Yaohan, can send troops to reinforce Xu Yuanlang in Yanzhou, of course, how many men and horses these two have in their hands is another matter. But in case our army can't capture Xu Yuanlang in Yanzhou, and Xu Yuanlang completely falls to Li Yuan, then Li Tang can help each other with Liu Lan, Qi Gongshun, Zang Junxiang and others in Shandong. ”

Ji Chuan also took out a letter from his sleeve and said: "This is half a month, Li Tang's personnel adjustment in Henan and Chang'an, first Guanglu doctor Pan Heren lost his title for crime a month ago, was reprimanded by Li Yuan, dismissed as a civilian, and Li Zhongwen, the governor of the state, was impeached by Tang Jian for the crime of fornicating with our army and plotting rebellion, and was killed by Li Yuan. On the contrary, the general Qiu Xinggong was awarded the hussar general for his merit of attacking Luoyang and saving the king of Qin, and his brother Qiu Shili was also named the general of the left prison gate for his merits. ”

After hearing this news, none of the people present understood it, and they didn't know the details, but although everyone understood it in their hearts, they wouldn't say it directly.

Who is Pan Horen? Hu Shang in the Western Regions, when Li Yuan sent troops to Chang'an, he scattered his family wealth to recruit the rebels and joined Li Zhiwan, and he was considered Li Zhiwan's confidant. After Li Zhiwan left, Pan Heren was dismissed from his post. If Pan Heren is alone, the connection with Li Zhongwen's killing is very suspicious. Li Zhongwen is from the famous Zhao County Li family, is Li Mi's cousin, and is also Li Zhiwan's subordinate, although he was sentenced this time, there is a suspicion of being involved in Li Mi's affairs, but in fact, it refers to Li Zhiwan.

Pan Heren, after Li Zhongwen, is Qiu Shili and Qiu Xinggong brothers, they were also Li Zhiwan's generals, but in the battle of attacking the Eastern Capital, Qiu Xinggong rescued Li Shimin on a single horse, and was relied on by Li Shimin as a confidant. Li Zhiwan was ambushed by Li Shimin because Li Shimin refused to transfer the two. Now that these two people have been rewarded, it says a lot.

Wen Yanbo heard Ji Chuan say this, and said tepidly: "It seems that Li Tang and the opposition are very hard at each other. According to Weichen, the battle between Li Tangzhong and the court must be very fierce. ”

Ji Chuan's eyes lit up when he heard Wen Yanbo say this: "Yes, according to the intelligence of Zhongshu Province, Li Tang is indeed divided into several major factions in the court now. ”

"Factions? Is there a faction between the gate valves? Yu Shinan asked.

"It's not just between the gate valves, but between several princes, the gate valves are attached to each other, and at present, they can be divided into three parties, namely the party of King Qin, the prince, the party of King Qi, and finally the three major factions of Li Yuan's own party. After that, the three factions have long been fighting each other, this time Pan Heren was dismissed, Li Zhongwen was killed, and the Qiu brothers were successful, it can be seen that the peace ...... Well, once the princess loses power, if her subordinates don't find their own way, they can only lose the qualification to gain a foothold in the court, and the Qiu brothers switched to Qin Wang Dezhi, which shows that although King Qin is now being withdrawn by Li Yuan, one of his party still has a great say in Li Tang and the opposition. Don't forget it, Tang Jian, who impeached Li Zhongwen this time, has always supported King Qin. Therefore, the attack on Li Zhongwen can also be regarded as the support of King Qin. ”

Ji Chuan's tirade, everyone nodded one after another.

Li Chongjiu also said happily: "Ji Aiqing's grasp of Li Tang Dynasty is very accurate, and it seems that it took a lot of effort. ”

Ji Chuan listened and said, "Thank you for your compliment." ”

Yu Shinan listened to Li Chongjiu praise Ji Chuan, and was slightly jealous in his heart. He has not yet made contributions to his new appointment as a Chinese scholar, so he is eager to show his talents. Yu Shinan said from Ji Chuan's words at the moment: "Look at it this way. It was the King of Qin who annexed the princess's original subordinates. ”

Zhang Xuansu said: "Not only do you look at it this way, but Li Yuan is also fueling the troubles. The attack on Li Zhongwen was because of Li Zhongwen and Uncle Li Mitang, he wanted to eradicate future troubles, and the promotion of the Qiu brothers was also regarded as a move to win over their father and guard Qiu He. ”

Yu Shinan said suddenly: "Isn't Jiaozhi Taishouqiu and now attached to Xiao Miao's command?" The sealing of his two sons is just to plot against Qiu He. Xiao Miao's current situation is very bad, if Qiu He is against him again, it is not an internal and external dilemma. Li Yuan is really scheming! ”

Li Chongjiu said: "I have already sent someone to remind Xiao Miao. However, Xiao Mian may not have enough ability to intervene in Jiaozhi, Jiaozhi is not only Qiu He alone, his long history Gao Shilian is half of Li Shimin's father-in-law, the eldest grandson of Princess Qin, and the eldest grandson Wuji were raised by Gao Shilian, Qiu He, Gao Shilian together, it seems that Jiaozhi is only one time away now. It's time to change your flag. ”

"First Wang Shichong, then Xiao Milling, does Li Yuan want to use the old way to deal with Xiao Milling?" Xue Wanshu said.

Everyone thought that Li Tang's momentum was really terrifying. Li Yuan captured Wang Shichong's nine counties, almost all of which were fought without blood. When attacking Wang Shichong. Before Li Tang's army arrived, Tian Zhan, the guard of Huai'an County, and Cui Shu, the county guard of Yingchuan County, surrendered. Changshi Zhang Gongjin surrendered together, and the local heroes of Nanyang County killed Wang Shichong's officials. Surrender to the Don Army.

Later, the general of Huaiyang County, Shi Derui, surrendered to the county, and Yangcheng County ordered Wang Xiong to kill the official and surrender. Liang County guard Cheng Jiahui is the county and surrendered, Bianzhou guard Wang Yaohan not only raised the county and surrendered, but also attacked and killed Wang Shichong's people, Xingyang County guard Yang Qing is Wang Shichong's niece and son-in-law, and finally his wife committed suicide, but he still can't stop him from surrendering Li Yuan, followed by Xiangcheng County guard Wei 6, Handong County guard Xu Yi raised the county to subdue.

The only ridiculous thing is that Li Tang fought a bloody battle for half a year, and the two counties of Luoyang and Xingyang, which paid the most price, took advantage of Li Chongjiu's capture. Of course, Xiao Mo also succeeded in the sneak attack on Xiangyang and got a piece of the pie from Li Yuan's mouth.

However, thinking of Li Yuan's battle against Wang Shichong, all the generals of the Zhao army shook their heads, if Li Yuan fought Xiao Mo in this way, with Xiao Miao's power, I am afraid that he will be defeated faster than Wang Shichong.

Ji Chuan said: "It is impossible for our army to open up Xiangyang to rescue Xiao Mo for the time being, Li Yuan arranged for Tian Zhan, the guard general of Huai'an County, Wei 6, the commander of the march, Li Yude, Sheng Yanshi, and Shi Wanbao, the generals to block the road for our army to go south to rescue Xiangyang, and Li Yuan also ordered the general Ren Gui, and Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, to control the counties of Henan to prevent our army. ”

Li Chongjiu heard Ji Chuan say this, stood up from the dragon chair, looked at the map and said: "Since ancient times, there have been countless people who have traveled north from Xiangyang Hanshui and passed through the Central Plains. When Guan Yu sent troops from Jingxiang to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Cao Wei was shaken, Cao Cao even wanted to move to Xuchang, in order to temporarily avoid the edge, Li Tang if he captured Xiao Milling and took advantage of Jingxiang's momentum to go north, then Luoyang would be shaken. ”

"Your Majesty!" All the ministers replied together.

"If Li Tangzhen sends troops to attack Xiao Miao, then how will our army respond?" Wen Yanbo asked.

Li Chongjiu said: "Although I have secretly helped Xiao Miao, but I hope that it can't all be put on Xiao Miao, Li Tang wants to attack Jiangling from the Yangtze River, and our army will send troops from Luoyang to the south, first pull out Yang City, and then go down to Nanyang." This makes you hit yours, and I hit mine. ”

Zhang Xuansu's eyes lit up and said: "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case, when our army arrives in Nanyang, Li Yuan will panic, and if Nanyang is lost, Li Tang and Henan will be cut off, so he will definitely try his best to deal with me." If Li Yuan ignores this and insists on eating Jiangling, as long as the Liang State is destroyed, our army will not lose if it takes Henan and Shandong. ”

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Zhang Aiqing is right, but we must also break Xu Yuanlang first, otherwise even if our army cuts off Nanyang, once Yanzhou surrenders to Li Tang, Li Tang Henan and Shandong can be connected, but our army will be attacked on the back." ”

Judging from the map, the current situation of the entire Tang-Zhao confrontation is that although Li Tang has lost Luoyang and the main arterial road from Guanzhong to Shandong, Li Yuan has taken Henan after all. Next, if Xiao Mian is wiped out, or Xiangyang is captured, Li Yuan can completely open up the east and west of the front, from Guanzhong to Henan, and from Henan to Shandong.

In this way, Li Yuan can completely suppress Li Chongjiu's forces along the Yellow River, and then calmly clean up Du Fuwei and his ilk in the south, and gain most of the world.

However, Li Yuan's wishful thinking could not be fought at all, and it was divided along the north and south of the Yellow River, and when the Zhao army captured Luoyang, the so-called Yellow River defense line had been broken. This can also see the importance of Li Chongjiu's capture of Luoyang.

And if Li Chongjiu wants to break the situation, he can choose to cut off Li Yuan's passage from Guanzhong to Henan, and then from Henan to Shandong. Capture Yanzhou and break Xu Yuanlang, you can cut off Li Tang's lifeline from Henan to Shandong, and if you break Nanyang, you will cut off Li Tang's passage from Guanzhong to Henan. So Yanzhou must be taken.

At this moment, a waiter walked in outside the palace gate and told Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, Xu Shiji, the general of the Tun Guard, sent someone to send six hundred to come urgently, saying that Xu Yuanlang intends to surrender. ”

The ministers were all overjoyed when they heard it, and Li Chongjiu said suspiciously: "Xu Yuanlang didn't surrender before, but now he is sending someone to ask for surrender, and there must be something strange." Say, what conditions did Xu Yuanlang make? ”

The waiter said: "Your Majesty, Xu Yuanlang asks to keep his territory and people, and he also wants to be the lord of a country." ”

"Lord of a country!" The ministers were amazed.

The king of the county is the king! And now there is no lord of Zhao State, and Li Chongjiu's eldest son, Li Ying, is only a king of Taiyuan County. This Xu Yuanlang is actually above Li Chongjiu's son.

You must know that even if it is Li Tang, although Li Yuan is knighted everywhere, he does not reward indiscriminately, Li Xiaogong, who defeated Bashu for Li Tang, is a relative of Li Tang, and Li Yuan is only named the king of Hejian County. Only Du Fuwei, who dominated Jianghuai, Li Yuan in order to win him over, so he named King Wu, and Li Yuan, the son of Li Yuan, the king of Qin, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.

But is Xu Yuanlang comparable to Du Fuwei? actually asked Li Chongjiu for the title of king? And they also have to keep their own territory and people.

When Wang Bo and Meng Haigong surrendered, they did not have these conditions, Li Chongjiu saw that the two of them were sincere, and he didn't want the two of them to lose their combat effectiveness after they were separated, so they temporarily let them continue to lead the troops. However, this is Li Chongjiu's grace, not Wang and Meng's own mention.

Now Xu Yuanlang proposed to Li Chongjiu that he should not only keep the people, but also the territory, what kind of attitude is this!

All the ministers did not dare to speak at this time, although Xu Yuanlang was arrogant, but he was able to go down to Yanzhou without a fight, which was still good in the eyes of many courtiers. Some people think that in the name of a king, it is just a false name, if Xu Yuanlang is willing to surrender, and then add a Jiuxi, it will be nothing.

There was silence in the Qianyang Palace, and the ministers didn't dare to speak out before they knew Li Chongjiu's intentions.

Time passed quietly, and Li Chongjiu's eyes swept over the ministers and said categorically: "The title of the country cannot be granted lightly. Liu Bang killed the white horse and swore with the ministers that he was not the king of the Liu family, and the world would attack him together. I will not do Liu Bang's killing of heroes, and Xu Yuanlang is not worthy of Han Xin. ”

"Pass the decree, Xu Shiji, Wang Bo, Meng Haigong will capture Yanzhou within ten days, there must be no mistake, tell Xu Yuanlang, let him wash his neck and wait!" (To be continued......)