No one dared to make a sound, Fan Zigai's old stubborn face also changed greatly, and he was secretly glad that Yang Xuangan didn't do it, but after a little calculation, Fan Zigai said loudly: "This is impossible, Linyu Pass is so far away from the Eastern Capital and Liyang, it is impossible for Yang Xuangan to take Linyu Pass!" ”

"Fan stays behind, there are no absolutes in the world." Pei Hongce sneered and said: "Yang Xuan feels that the rebels have fought from Liyang to the Eastern Capital, and the team has become more than 50,000 people, if Yang Xuan sends troops north from Liyang and arrives at Linyu Pass, how many people will be rebellious, does Fan Liushou dare to imagine?" ”

"Besides, please don't forget that Fan Liu's elite soldiers have all entered Liao, and no army can contain and block Yang Wei's northward footsteps as effectively as the Eastern Capital Army, Wang Bo, Sun Anzu, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, these rebels, are also entrenched on the way of Yang Xuan's rebels to the north, and they have never been exterminated, and Yang Shun is a natural ally, if they unite with Yang Shun, how terrible will the consequences be, and Fan Liushou dare to imagine?"

The sound of gasping cold air in the hall, Dongdu Wenwu was dumbfounded, and he never thought that Yang Xuangan would have such a hand to directly kill Emperor Yang of Sui! Fan Zigai's stubbornly wrinkled old face finally changed completely, and he still had some happiness in his heart, and said secretly: "Fortunately, fortunately, Yang Xuangan rebel didn't expect this!" Otherwise, your majesty is worried! ”

"You can't let Yang go north!" Yang Tong, the king of Yue, who was almost a puppet, opened his mouth, and screamed excitedly in a childish voice: "You can't let Yang Shun cut off the emperor's grain route back, those barbarians in Turkic Goryeo will kill grandpa!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Yue, please rest assured." Fan Zigai hurriedly comforted Yang Tong: "The old minister has already sent twelve messengers to take four different roads to Liaodong to warn the emperor, the emperor must be prepared when he hears the police, Yang Xuangan has been attracted to the eastern capital again, even if he turns around and attacks Linyu Pass, it is too late." ”

"Fan stays behind, forgive the official for saying bluntly, there are no absolutes in the world, Yang Xuan feels that the rebel is turning around now, it may not be too late." Pei Hongce said calmly: "The last Liaodong military information we received was that His Majesty had personally led the army into Goguryeo and approached the capital of Goguryeo, what is the current battle situation, we don't know, even if His Majesty receives the alarm, he will encounter dangers such as retreating troops and enemy pursuit and harassment, assuming that Yang Xuangan rebels also secretly communicate with Goguryeo, so that the Goryeo stick will make every effort to contain and delay the pace of His Majesty's withdrawal, and even secretly collude with the Turkic Khitan, Let these foreign barbarians also contain the retreat speed of His Majesty's army, then Yang Yi will turn around now, not only is it too late, but there may even be plenty of time! ”

"If Yang Xuangan dares to do this, the old man will definitely punish him for the Nine Clans!" Fan Zigai roared angrily, "No matter what the cost is, we must contain Yang Yi under the eastern capital and buy time for His Majesty's army to turn around!" Yang Tong and the civil and military officials of the Eastern Capital all nodded one after another, and unanimously agreed that Yang Xuangan's rebels must be contained at the moment.

"Old thing, don't you dare to force this official to go out of the city to win the battle now?" Pei Hongce sneered in his heart, and then said loudly: "Fan Liu, this is Yang Xuan's strategy to rebel against the thief, Yang Xuan has a middle strategy, which will also cause great harm to my Great Sui world!" ”

"What is Yang Rei's middle strategy?" Fan Zigai asked quickly.

"Rush to Daxing, choke Tong Pass and defend it, and share the world equally with my Dasui!" Pei Hongce said viciously: "There is a danger of mountains and rivers in the pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Turks in the north, and Gaochang in the west, if Yang Xuangan rebels take advantage of the opportunity that the defenders of Guanzhong are not yet ready to complete, and rush to attack Tongguan Daxing at full speed, then once he succeeds, my Great Sui army will inevitably be difficult to recapture Guanzhong, even if it finally recaptures Guanzhong, I don't know how much time it will take, how much money and food will be paid!" ”

Glancing at Fan Zigai and his colleagues in the palace who were listening attentively, Pei Hongce added: "Maybe Fan Liushou and your lords think that the number of defenders in Guanzhong is three times that of the Eastern Capital, and the difficulty of Yang counterattacking Guanzhong will not be much easier than a sneak attack on Linyu Pass, but I can tell you now, if you think so, you are very wrong!" Yang ran against the counterattack and succeeded in Guanzhong, which was actually ten times easier than capturing the Eastern Capital! ”

"Why?" Fan Zigai hurriedly asked.

"Yang Wei is a big tree in Guanzhong, with deep roots." Pei Hongce replied: "Yang Xuangan inherited Yang Su's official title, and also inherited Yang Su's position as the head of the family. Moreover, Yang Xuangan rebels rushed to Guanzhong, and he could collude with the Turkic Gaochang as foreign aid at any time, and the possibility of capturing Guanzhong would inevitably increase greatly! ”

Looking at Fan Zigai and the others with frightened faces, Pei Hongce said coldly: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Yang Xuangan's sneak attack on Guanzhong fails, as long as Yang Cheng hits Tongguan, it will cause my two counties and seven counties such as Dasui Hongnong and Shangluo to suffer from the flames of war, and hundreds of thousands of people will be devastated!" If Yang Wei invades Tongguan again, there will be no danger to defend all parts of Guanzhong, how many counties and counties of Dasui will be affected by the war, and how many people in Guanzhong will be poisoned by thieves, do you dare to imagine? ! ”

After Pei Hongce finished speaking, the hall was silent again, everyone was stunned by Pei Hongce's bold guess and analysis, and did not dare to imagine the consequences of Yang Xuangan's rebel army rushing to Guanzhong, the sick and weak right military guard general Huangfu simply stood up and said loudly: "Master Pei is reasonable, the Yang family has deep roots in Guanzhong, and there are many old departments in the Guanzhong army, we must prevent Yang Wei from colluding with these Yang Su old departments and causing trouble in Guanzhong!" ”

"I think so too." Pei Hongce muttered in his heart, and then said loudly: "Yang Xuan's strategy is to attack this eastern capital!" Yang rebelled suddenly, although he could receive the effect of preemptive strike, but if he wanted to continue to grow, he must use war to nourish the war, keep attacking, and constantly expand his troops! Attacking a strong city like the Eastern Capital head-on at the beginning of the army is the next strategy among the next strategies! ”

"Please think about it, if we hold on to the Eastern Capital and contain the Yang rebels under the Eastern Capital, what will be the effect?" Pei Hongce continued to bewitch: "First of all, the first point is that the war will only affect the eastern capital, and it will not spread and harm more people in counties and counties!" ”

"The second point is that the eastern capital is at the foot of the world, the first good district, and there is no thief around who can respond to Yang Rei's rebellion, so that Yang Rei is in a dilemma of fighting alone!"

"The third point, the eastern capital is the convergence of water and land roads in the world, as long as we contain Yang Cheng for a period of time, the soldiers of the King of Qin from all over the country will arrive in an endless stream of energy, surround Yang Shun heavily, and make it difficult for Yang Cheng to escape! At that time, wouldn't it be easy for the defenders of our eastern capital to attack with reinforcements inside and outside and defeat the rebels? ! ”

Looking at Fan Zigai and the others who had been fooled, Master Pei Hongce Pei had a solemn expression, and said loudly with a stern expression: "Therefore, Xiaguan is willing to lead the army out of the city to meet the thieves, but for the sake of the family and the country, and for the sake of the Great Sui Dynasty, Xiaguan's battle can only be defeated again, and he must not win!" Because once the lower officials win, Yang Xuan felt that the traitor felt that it was difficult to capture the eastern capital, so he was likely to turn around and not go, causing more damage to my Great Sui Jiangshan! ”

Speaking of this, Pei Hongce sighed and said: "Although the lower officials don't understand, why did Yang Xuangan, a rebel, get into the water in his head and come to attack the Eastern Capital Jiancheng in the early stage of the rebellion? But in order to make this traitor make mistakes again and again, in order to prevent this traitor's rebellion from continuing to expand, and for the sake of the family and country of the Great Sui, the lower officials are willing to sacrifice a little of their own name and defeat again in front of Yang Rebellion, so that Yang Rebellion feels that the Eastern Capital can raise his hand and continue to make mistakes! ”

After saying his heartfelt words with a solemn face, Pei Hongce knelt down on one knee to Fan Zigai, arched his hand and said: "Fan stays, please give the order to send troops, the lower officials don't want 3,000 troops, just give the lower officers a thousand old and weak soldiers, anyway, the lower officials are preparing for defeat, and it is good to sacrifice the precious lives of some soldiers." ”

Pei Hongce has already said it to this point, will Fan Zigaina force Pei Hongce to go out of the city to fight again? The officials of the Eastern Capital, who had opposed going out of the city to fight before, also persuaded one after another: "Stay behind your lord, Lord Pei is reasonable, what we should do now is to contain Yang Xuangan's rebels, so as not to wander into chaos, and buy time for the army to return to help. ”

"Lord Fan, please think twice." Huangfu Wuyi, the only one who can influence Fan Zigai's decision-making, also said: "Master Pei's strategic analysis is reasonable, and the most correct way for us to do so now should be to contain the Yang rebels and drag the Yang rebels into a hard battle in the siege. ”

Following the success of being fooled by Chen Yingliang last time, Fan Zigai lowered his arrogant white head for the second time, nodded, and said: "It is reasonable, you can't go out of the city to fight, you can only stick to the city, and first contain the Yang rebels." ”

After finally changing his stubborn mind, Fan Zigai thought about it for a while, and instructed Pei Hongce: "Master Pei, you don't have to go out of the city, so let's do it, General Huangfu is not in good health, you can replace him to supervise the most important Shangchun Gate, but remember, the city gate is in the people, and the city gate is out of ......." ”

"The lower official apologizes for his crimes!" Pei Hongce replied loudly -- the battle to defend the city is much easier than the field battle.

Fan Zigai nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go, from now on, you will give the old man food and lodging on the Shangchun Gate." Besides, in the future, you will have to express more opinions on military affairs, and your analysis is very reasonable. ”

In the admiring eyes of his colleagues, he walked out of the imperial city as if he had won a big battle, and as soon as he came out of the gate, Pei Hongce saw his newly acquired eldest nephew Chen Yingliang guarding the door to greet him at first sight, Pei Hongce's face inevitably smiled even more happily, stopped Chen Yingliang's kneeling salute, took his nephew's hand and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, you are really a treasure gifted by God to my uncle!" Let's go, follow my uncle to Shangchun Gate, if you have any good ideas and plans in the future, you must tell Uncle Sù immediately! ”