On the official road west of Heyang County, Hanoi County, a group of cavalry was rushing towards Heyang City, led by Qin Qiong, who led the army stationed in Liyang, and he was ordered by Yang Yuanqing to come to Heyang to report on his work and discuss important military situations.

Qin Qiong received Yang Yuanqing's order to attack Luoyang, this order made him very excited, the goal of the Sui army finally turned to the Central Plains, chasing the Central Plains, this is the beginning of the battle for the world, so that Qin Qiong's heart is full of expectations.

"General Qin, Heyang City has arrived!" One of the soldiers shouted as he pointed to a city in the distance.

Qin Qiong nodded, turned around and shouted, "Speed up!" ”

The cavalry quickened the speed of their horses, and the horse's hooves stirred up the rolling yellow dust, and galloped towards Heyang City......

Heyang City is the garrison of the Sui army, more than half of the 30,000 elite soldiers stationed in Hanoi County are stationed here, and outside the north city of Heyang is a huge wall-type military camp, covering an area of hundreds of acres.

At this time, there was a tense atmosphere in Heyang City, which came from the presence of thousands of soldiers, and there were generally only a few hundred sergeants on duty in the county.

But with the influx of thousands of soldiers, there were teams of heavily armed sergeants everywhere on the streets, which made the people of the county feel an inexplicable pressure.

Thousands of soldiers were stationed in the county because of the arrival of Yang Yuanqing, the king of Chu, who led 20,000 troops to the south, so that the garrison of Hanoi County had reached 50,000, plus the 20,000 garrisons of Hedong County and the 30,000 garrisons of Liyang City, so that the Sui army's garrison on the northern line of the Yellow River had reached 100,000 people.

In fact, after the end of the Hebei Campaign, the Sui army began to deploy to the south, successively deploying 80,000 main forces in Hedong County, Hanoi County and Ji County, and a large amount of grain and grass materials also moved south.

This is a very obvious thing, after the end of the Hebei Campaign, the next step must be to chase the Central Plains.

The county government of Heyang County, which has been temporarily set up as the military office of the governor's office, is surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, three steps and one post. Five steps and one sentry, heavily guarded, dozens of war horses tied to the horse tethering stake outside the county office, and more than a dozen officers were hurriedly entering the county office.

In the hall of the county office, the seat of the county official and the fence on both sides have been removed, and it has become the place where the military aircraft makes important decisions, and in the middle of the hall is placed a huge sand table with a width of two zhang and a length of three zhang, which is the sand table map of the Central Plains.

Next to the sandbox. There were a dozen officers standing. was talking in a low voice, Yang Yuanqing put his hands behind his back and stared at the sand table for a long time without saying a word.

The situation has changed again. The spies in Chang'an sent urgent information that 100,000 Tang troops and a large number of heavy supplies were gathering in Shangluo County, and the main general was Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

Yang Yuanqing immediately realized. It is very likely that the Tang army is also going to launch a campaign against the Central Plains, they are attacking Hongnong County from the southwest, and then killing to Luoyang, if the Tang army captures Luoyang, this means that the Tang Dynasty will also participate in the Central Plains.

This is a very normal strategic deployment, he seized Hebei, and the Tang army also captured the rich Jingxiang, and the strength was greatly strengthened, if the Tang Dynasty also wanted to fight for the world. Then it will inevitably participate in the competition for the Central Plains.

In the armistice agreement signed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the second clause was that the Tang army could not leave Tongguan, and the Sui army would not cross the river to Hongnong, which means that Hongnong County along the Yellow River was a buffer zone between the two sides.

But now the Tang army marched from the southwest to Luojun to Hongnong, which did not violate the armistice agreement between the two sides, and the Sui army pressed Luoyang, and there was no plan to cross the river and land in Hongnong County. Again, there was no violation of the armistice between the two sides.

It can be said that the plan to attack Luoyang, the Sui and Tang dynasties actually coincided, so whether the Tang Dynasty reached some kind of tacit agreement with Li Mi and used Li Mi to contain himself to the south, the answer is obviously yes. Li Yuan will definitely adopt this strategy.

In consideration of his own interests, Li Mi will also try his best to prevent himself from going south. So Li Mi can tolerate the eastward expansion of the Tang army?

The most complicated thing in the world is people's hearts, he Yang Yuanqing can't figure out Li Mi's thoughts, but from the perspective of interests, maintaining the status quo is the most in line with Li Mi's interests, if the status quo cannot be maintained, then the Tang Dynasty occupies Luoyang, which should be more beneficial than disadvantageous for Li Mi.

This is also Yang Yuanqing's intention to win over Du Fuwei, if Li Mi wants to interfere with the Sui army going south, then Du Fuwei's role is to contain Li Mi's army.

"Boss, are you going to get started?" Pei Qingsong asked in a low voice beside him.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Wait for General Qin, they will arrive soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a rush of footsteps in the courtyard, "General Qin is here!" A soldier reported loudly, and then Qin Qiong walked into the lobby quickly, and said with an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, I'm late, let everyone wait for a long time!" ”

He saluted Yang Yuanqing again, "Qin Qiong see the manager!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "Now that General Qin has arrived, let's start!" ”

The generals gathered around, Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone, and then said slowly: "Let me tell you the latest information, news from Chang'an, 100,000 Tang troops are assembling in Shangluo County, let's talk about it, what is the intention of the Tang army?" ”

Li Jing, who was standing on the side, groaned slightly, and said, "Could it be that the Tang Army also wants to attack Luoyang?" ”

Everyone discussed, there was a whisper in the hall, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the hall suddenly quieted down, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "We can't know the true intentions of the Tang army, but the possibility of attacking Luoyang is indeed the greatest, I suggest that we can observe it a little, if they really attack Luoyang, then we need to adjust the battle plan." ”

Qin Qiong asked in a deep voice, "Does the lowly task also have to be adjusted accordingly?" ”

Qin Qiong's task was to lead the army south to Dongjun, put pressure on the Wei army from the side, and contain Li Mi's army to support Luoyang.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Your task is also adjusted, waiting for my order." ”

"Humble duty understood."

Yang Yuanqing said to everyone again: "If the Tang army really came to attack Luoyang, then our main enemy is no longer Luoyang Wang Shichong, but the Tang army, this will be a four-way participation in the Central Plains war, how to have the last laugh in this war, is a problem we need to think about, I need to tell you here, the army in the Central Plains is not as vulnerable as Dou Jiande in Hebei, with Dou Jiande's 400,000 army, but also to the 200,000 Li Mi bowed to the vassal, can you think of the middle reason? ”

On the side, Xu Shiji said: "The manager's concern is completely correct, Li Mi's Wagang army was originally 400,000, but after several years of fierce fighting, the strong and the weak were left behind, and the hundreds of thousands of troops left behind were extremely strong, most of them were the former Sui army, Li Mi captured 60,000 Xiaoguo troops from Yu Wenhua and his hands, this is the elite of the Sui army, which greatly strengthened the combat effectiveness of Li Mi's army, and it is well-equipped, which is far from being comparable to Dou Jiande's army, and Dou Jiande has an army of 400,000 and has to surrender to Li Mi, which is the fundamental reason. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "We have developed very smoothly and rapidly over the years, the fundamental reason is that we have not encountered a real strong enemy, whether it is Liu Wuzhou, Wei Dao'er or Dou Jiande, they are all large in force, but their combat effectiveness is low, and in the future, we will enter the era of strong enemies, only Wang Shichong's 70,000 troops should not be underestimated, that is the former Zhang Xutuo's army and the elite Sui army left in Luoyang, if we have the intention of underestimating the enemy, then the next defeat is us." ”

Yang Yuanqing's tone was very stern, he stared at the generals sharply, and everyone lowered their heads in unison......

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, and Li Jing smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "The chief manager is boasting about the enemy army so much and suppressing himself, will it affect the morale of the army?" Especially before the Great War. ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly, "It's not that I'm strict, now the army generally has a kind of arrogance, as if they think that the Sui army is the first in the world, and all other forces are vulnerable, this kind of arrogance is spreading rapidly, which makes me worried, Li Changshi, the arrogant army will be defeated!" ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing took out a few pieces of information from the bookbox, put them on the table and said: "This is the information obtained from Li Mi's army and the Tang army, in the past, the biggest advantage of our Sui army was night fighting, but now it is not, the Tang army and Li Mi have also strengthened night combat training, and the Tang army's 50,000 Xuanjia cavalry is also an extremely elite army, which is drawn from the Tang army, the Western Qin army and the Xiliang army, as well as Li Mi's 60,000 Xiaoguo army, the strength of the enemy army is not weaker than ours, and even the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is stronger than ours, the Tang army." , the Wei army is also experienced in a hundred battles, so what else do we have to be arrogant? ”

"The manager is right, people have no foresight, there must be near worries, the world is not able to sweep everything, and it is impossible to win undefeated, the key is to have a full understanding of yourself, you must know yourself, in order to know the other, do not worry about the world is not enough to seek a time, do not worry about the overall situation is not enough to seek a place, the director's foresight makes the humble position very admired."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Even you slapped me on the back!" ”

"After all, the humble position is not flattering the governor, the governor's Du Fuwei's chess is extremely exquisite, not only to contain Li Mi, but also to lay the first move for the future to fight for the south, is it that the governor builds a large number of sea ships, is it just as simple as attacking Liaodong?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I appreciate you for not worrying about the eternal people who are not enough to plan for a while, Those who do not care about the overall situation are not enough to seek a place', now the Tang Dynasty focuses on the development of the south, seized the rich Jingxiang, and we get Hebei that was seriously damaged by the war, the Tang Dynasty can get population and food support from Jingxiang, but we have to transfuse blood to Hebei, from the perspective of national strength, the Tang Dynasty has the upper hand, but the Tang Dynasty also has its Achilles heel, they are internally unstable, as long as we can firmly grasp this Achilles' heel, then the Tang Dynasty will be defeated sooner or later in their internal instability. ”