Chapter 590: Caught off guard
Dugu Huaien said this well, Li Shimin will not retreat, and after Dugu Huaien left, Li Shimin left Fang Xuanling and said: "A few days ago, the emperor asked Xu Shiji to do something, hehe, I didn't expect the matter to be almost exposed, even Xu Shiji fled back in embarrassment, and almost lost his life." ”
"I heard that Pingjian City is empty, and the Li family of Zhaojun disappeared without a trace overnight, and I heard that the emperor's face was defeated." Fang Xuanling also felt a trace of dissatisfaction with Li Yuan's decision, although the Li family of Zhao County had a little relationship with Li Xin, but what about destroying the Li family of Zhao County? At most, Li Xin's strength can't increase much in a short period of time, does Li Xin need the Li family of Zhao County? Maybe it's really not needed, Li Xin's subordinate composition doesn't have much to do with the family.
"Originally, what we did in Hebei has made the people of Hebei dissatisfied with us, but I didn't expect my father to have such a trick in the end, although I wanted the Turks to do this, but I didn't want to think about it, everything can be done, it can attract the Turks to attack Hedong and consume the strength of the Turks, but now it is using this trick." Li Shimin was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.
"At the end of the day, it's all about the money." Fang Xuanling explained the truth in one breath, Li Zhao's court did not have much money, the money in the treasury was basically supporting the army, and it was relying on the funding of the family, Li Yuan didn't want to live such a life, plus the strength of restoring Hebei, this is a huge number, the savings of the Li family in Zhao County for hundreds of years, as well as the captives of the Turks, are naturally in Li Yuan's consideration. What could be easier than this to get a big sum of money! It's just a pity that the Li family father and son didn't take into account that there is still a force next to Pingjiao, that is, Dou Hongxian.
"This time the prince has suffered a big loss." Fang Xuanling couldn't help but laugh.
"The pressure on the prince is very high, this is a fact, but I, as a younger brother, can't help him share some of it." Li Shimin said in a low voice, but he didn't know that what Li Shimin said was what he imagined, Fang Xuanling didn't speak. Instead, sit there quietly.
"Xuan Ling, who do you say Li Xin's next target? Is it us or Wang Shichong? It took a long time for Li Shimin to ask. seems to have put Liu Wenjing's life and death aside.
"Wang Shichong. It must be Wang Shichong. Fang Xuanling didn't think about it and said: "King Qin, in fact, Li Xin's general trend has been formed, and he has taken the appearance of an all-out attack on Wang Shichong, from Du Fuwei in the south of the Yangtze River to Guo Xiaoke in the middle, and then to Hongnong, don't look at Li Xin's acceptance of Wang Shichong's surrender, but in fact, Wang Shichong is still the emperor of Zheng State, and nothing has changed." How could Li Xinyou be willing to let Wang Shichong continue to sit in Luoyang! Wang Shichong will not die for a day, and Li Xin will not be at ease. ”
"So we want to ally with Wang Shichong, and I have another guess, Li Xin is afraid that he has already done it." Li Shimin looked into the distance and said, "I'm afraid Li Xin has already taken action against Wang Shichong." ”
"So fast?" Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Of course, he has a lot of soldiers and horses, but in the second half of last year, Li Xin went on a southern expedition and Li Jing went on a northern expedition, and the soldiers were tired and urgently needed to rest. At this time, rashly attacking Wang Shichong, if the war is in a stalemate, our army will attack, I am afraid that Li Xin will not be able to eat and walk around. ”
"That's because you think so. Li Xincai attacked Luoyang. Li Shimin's face showed a sad look and said: "After the beginning of spring, we will spring ploughing, and we can only defend passively, but Li Xin is attacking in a big way. Wang Shichong probably wouldn't have thought that Li Xin would suddenly attack! Caught off guard, as long as a large army enters Luoyang City, the battle situation has actually been locked. Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses were trapped under Luoyang City, Luoyang City has a large population, which is a good thing and a bad thing, once the population is large, it will cause problems in grain and grass, and after half a year of siege, Wang Shichong's grain and grass will be broken, at that time, do you still need Li Xin to take action? ”
"Besieged for half a year, that's impossible, the emperor won't just sit and watch Wang Shichong be defeated by Li Xin, once Li Xin really attacks Wang Shichong, ten days, ten days, the emperor will definitely let the king of Qin go out. Either attack Hedong, or attack Dongjun from Liyang to support Wang Shichong. Fang Xuanling said with confidence.
"Your Highness." At this time, the eldest grandson Wuyi walked in outside, his face gloomy.
"Wuyi, but what happened?" Li Shimin looked at the handsome eldest grandson Wuyi, and his heart was much gloomy, after the news that the eldest grandson Wuji was named the martial arts hall walked, Li Shimin knew that he had lost the eldest grandson Wuji, fortunately, the eldest grandson Wuji did not do it, Hebei's Thunderbolt Hall was still left to the eldest grandson Wuyi, as for Henan's Thunderbolt Hall Elder Sun Wuyi, but he lost his command.
"Hedong suddenly increased its troops by 30,000 troops." Eldest Sun Wuyi said in a low voice.
"When?" Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling's faces changed when they heard this, and they said in a lost voice. This is a major matter, and it is directly related to the direction of Li Xinbing.
"Ten days ago." Eldest Sun Wuyi lowered his head and said.
Li Shimin's lips trembled, his eyes showed anger, and finally he thought of something, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I've worked hard for you, go down and rest!" He let out a long sigh.
The eldest grandson Wuyi's face turned red, and he slowly retreated, Hedong is not much away from Taiyuan, such an important piece of information actually took ten days, which shows that the degree of control of the eldest grandson Wuyi over the Perak Hall is far inferior to the eldest grandson Wuji.
"Li Xin suddenly increased his troops in Hedong, did he find something?" Li Shimin hesitated for a while before asking. Li Zhao is preparing to use Hedong City to teach Li Xin a lesson, so that Li Xin and the Turks will be defeated, and finally he can easily defeat Hedong City by sending troops, and now Hedong City has increased by 30,000 troops, so that the soldiers and horses of Hedong City have increased to 50,000 again, which will have an adverse impact on the Turks' attack on Hedong. He was even more worried that Li Xin had reversed his thinking, and actually did not attack Wang Shichong, who was slightly weaker, but attacked himself, which made Li Shimin feel bad.
"With an army of 50,000, if we want to capture Hedong City, we are afraid that we will have to pay a huge price." Fang Xuanling said with some concern: "The 100,000 Turks don't know if they can do this, the key is the reinforcements from Guanzhong." ”
Li Shimin nodded, Hedong is a strange place, not only is it relatively close to the Bird Mouse Valley, but it is also very close to Guanzhong, and the army can be continuously sent into Hedong City through Pujindu. And it can be done without knowing the ghosts, otherwise, no matter how stupid the Thunderbolt Hall is, it will not only find out until now that Hedong City has suddenly increased its army by 30,000.
"It seems that the plan to attack Hedong must be carried out sooner." Li Shimin sighed slightly, in fact, his plan is not just to attack Hedong, attacking Hedong is only one aspect of him, he also wants to annex Henan, he is ready to use the Turks to drag Li Xin's soldiers and horses in Hedong City, and he himself led his Xuanjia iron cavalry under the banner of supporting Wang Shichong, Yuema Henan, and annexed some of Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses. It's just that right now, Li Xin's army has entered Hedong, which means that the big battle between Li Tang and Li Zhao is coming, as a military commander, Li Shimin must stay in the Bird Mouse Valley, otherwise, he will not be Li Xin or Li Jing's opponent with a Qu Tutong.
"King Qin, my subordinates thought it was better to wait." Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said. He always felt that something was wrong, Li Xin suddenly strengthened his defense against Hedong, was it really because he was preparing to attack the Bird Mouse Valley from Hedong? At the very least, he doesn't think it's the best way to shake Li Zhao. So where was the main direction of Li Xin's offensive?
"Luoyang." Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, their faces changed, and they exclaimed.
"Yes, it's definitely Luoyang, Li Xin has already made a move on Luoyang, and he actually did it at this time." Li Shimin said viciously. The world is so big, and only Li Xin will do it at this time, his soldiers, horses, soldiers and peasants are separated, although there are many fewer soldiers and horses, but during the war, basically it will not delay the agricultural time, but other armies are different. And at this time, attacking Henan, Wang Shichong, who was just able to fight, was caught off guard, and it was not clear that Li Xin's soldiers and horses had arrived in Luoyang City at this moment.
"No, I will immediately lead the soldiers and horses to support Wang Shichong." Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Wang Shichong is absolutely unable to resist Li Xin's attack, under the sudden attack, the grain and grass in Luoyang City are not enough, and the siege is ten days and half a month, I am afraid that there will be no food, and Wang Shichong will definitely die." ”
"But, King Qin, where are you going to send troops at this time?" Fang Xuanling was still a little worried and said: "The situation in Hebei is unstable, and you can't pump a large number of troops!" If there were fewer soldiers and horses, they would not be able to threaten Li Xin's army. There are more soldiers and horses, and Dou Honghong's soldiers and horses will definitely harass the entire Hebei. ”
Li Shimin's face changed when he heard this, and finally said viciously: "Then send troops to Hedong as soon as possible, use Hedong to force Li Xin to withdraw troops and return to help, reduce the pressure on Wang Shichong, and order the Turks to attack Hedong frantically, even if Luoyang is lost and Li Xin occupies the entire Henan, he must take Hedong and take Hedong, Li Xin will always worry about whether our soldiers and horses will attack Chang'an from Hedong." ”
"That's all there is to it now." Fang Xuanling nodded, but sighed in his heart, the reason for this situation was because the information from Perak Hall came too late, otherwise, Li Shimin would have enough time to adjust his strategy, and he would not be so passive. It's a pity that the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin, who has lost the eldest grandson Wuji, is much weaker, if he loses another Liu Wenjing, Fang Xuanling doesn't know how much strength Li Shimin still has. (To be continued......)