Fang Xuanling thought for a long time, but still shook his head, "Your Highness, the lowly position is also incomprehensible, the lowly position can only infer that the Sui army's attack on Qingzhou is a suspicious plan, but what is their real purpose, the lowly position can't think of it." ”

"Could this be a trick by the Sui Dynasty to lure troops?"

The eldest grandson Wuji groaned and said, "Maybe the Sui army deliberately put on a posture of attacking Qingzhou to lure us to attack the Sui Dynasty?" ”

"It shouldn't be a trick to lure troops, Yang Yuanqing has just completed negotiations with us, he also needs time to recuperate, and he will not come to deal with us again, this matter must have nothing to do with us."

Fang Xuanling vetoed the idea of the eldest grandson Wuji, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation, the inner hall was silent, and after a while, Li Shimin said: "I must report this matter to my father, no matter what, I can't hide my father, and no matter what the purpose of the Sui army is, we should seize this opportunity." ”……

In the imperial study, Li Yuan is comforting Yu Wenshi, he and Yu Wenshi and have been friends for many years, personal relations have always been very good, and Yu Wenshi and his sister is Li Yuan's Zhaoyi, and Li Yuan's favor is very much, personal friendship plus marriage, so that Li Yuan is also very fond of Yu Wenshi.

This time, Yu Wenshi and the envoy to the Sui Dynasty wanted to reunite with his wife and children, but his wife, Princess Nanyang, had broken off his affection for him and resolutely became a nun.

The son Yuwen Zen Master did not want to bear the shame of killing the king, changed his mother's surname, changed his name to Yang Zen Master, and did not want to serve the Tang Dynasty, and resolutely refused to return to Chang'an with his father.

When he returned to Chang'an, he was impeached by Xiao Yu, saying that he used state affairs for personal gain, insulting the Tang envoy's demeanor, and suggested that the imperial court remove his officials, which made Yu Wenshi more and more decadent.

The comfort of the saint made Yu Wenshi and could no longer suppress the sorrow in his heart. Kneeling on the ground and mourning and weeping. "The minister's family has been ruined, even if there are high-ranking officials of the prime minister, what is the use of the minister, it is better for the people, find a remote place in the mountains, settle down and fish, and live for the rest of his life."

Li Yuan knew that Yu Wenshi and Princess Nanyang had a very deep relationship, but Princess Nanyang had become a monk, and it was difficult to break the mirror and cover the water. He was also quite sympathetic to Yu Wenshi, and the government affairs hall did not care about Yu Wenshihe's impeachment.

"Yuwen Aiqing, since the princess is ruthless, you have to think about it a little, in fact, even if she agrees to reunite with you, you can no longer live together, you have to understand this."

The minister also understands in his heart that he is just a minister. Sleepless nights. This kind of pain of losing his wife in a middle-aged family makes it difficult for the ministers to face it, and I implore His Majesty to let the ministers go for the people. ”

"You don't need to explain, I know in my heart that the eldest husband has no wife, since the princess of the Sui Dynasty is unwilling to follow you, I will let the princess of the Tang Dynasty marry you, this matter is so decided, I will arrange it as soon as possible." You can be an official with peace of mind, and don't worry about yourself anymore. ”

Li Yuan's attitude was very resolute, although Yu Wenshi did not want to remarry at this time, he had no choice, and he had no choice but to thank him and leave.

As soon as Yu Wenshi retreated, Li Yuan asked the eunuch next to him who wanted to speak but stopped. "What's the matter?"

"Back to Your Majesty, King Qin has an urgent matter to report."

Li Yuan nodded, "Announce his visit." ”

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Qin King will come to see you!" ……

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Qin King will come to see you!"

A loud shout continued, and after a while, Li Shimin walked in quickly with a eunuch, he walked into the imperial study, bowed and saluted, "Sons and daughters see their father!" ”

Li Yuan was quite satisfied with Li Shimin during this time, because Li Yuan planned to let Li Shimin concurrently serve as the head of Guannei Province, but Li Shimin politely declined, and instead strongly recommended Chai Shao as the head of Guannai Province, which greatly surprised Li Yuan.

This kind of humility made Li Yuan feel very pleased, and the position of the second son Shimin in his heart was invisibly a little heavier, Li Yuan asked with a smile: "Does the emperor have any urgent matters to report to me?" ”

"Back to my father, Tang Feng sent an urgent piece of information today, the Sui army is going to attack Dou Jiande in Qingzhou."

Saying that, Li Shimin presented Tang Feng's information to Li Yuan, the smile on Li Yuan's face disappeared and became extremely serious, he hurriedly looked at Tang Feng, his thick eyebrows twisted into a 'one' shape, the Sui army was going to attack Dou Jiande in Qingzhou.

But even so, Li Yuan didn't have the courage to take the opportunity to attack the Sui Dynasty again, and just after the negotiations were over, he really didn't want to make any more waves.

Li Yuan sighed, "What does the emperor think of this?" ”

"Father and Emperor, sons and sons are still old opinions, no matter whether the Sui Dynasty really attacked Dou Jiande or not, it is actually an opportunity for us."

"No way!"

Li Yuan decisively rejected Li Shimin's idea, "I need time to work hard now, and I don't want to go to war with the Sui Dynasty again." ”

"Father, Erchen is not talking about going to war with the Sui Dynasty, Erchen is referring to taking advantage of the Sui army's lack of time, and we can continue to expand the advantages of the south."

Li Yuan finally understood what Li Shimin meant, "What does the emperor mean to say, attack Xiao Miao?" ”

Li Shimin nodded, bowed down and said: "Father, Xiao Mo and Laihu'er are in internal strife, it is he who self-destroyed the Great Wall, and his son is willing to lead 50,000 elite soldiers to Jingxiang, taking advantage of the Sui Dynasty's lack of time to look south, annihilate Xiao Mo in one fell swoop, and no longer give him a chance to turn over." ”

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, but did not immediately agree, "I will discuss this matter with the ministers of the political affairs hall again." ”……

The Tang Dynasty political hall was still debating whether to take this opportunity to continue to attack Xiao Miao, but there was no result, but the Sui army was mobilizing on a large scale, and the 130,000 army crossed the Taihang Jingcheng and headed for Hebei, marching towards the southeast.

In the evening of that day, the 130,000-strong army arrived in Wuqiang County, Xindu County, and because it was getting late, the army set up camp in a wilderness outside the county.

Most of the soldiers were exhausted, and after dinner, they fell asleep and rested, and Li Jing, the chief historian, walked through several tents, hurriedly walked to the big tent of the Chinese army, but met the deputy general Qin Qiong at the door of the tent.

"Uncle Bao, is there something wrong with the manager?"

Li Jing didn't know what important things Yang Yuanqing came to discuss with him, in fact, Li Jing did not agree with attacking Qingzhou at this time, Li Jing thought that at this time, it should be based on conscription and training, recuperation, and not long after the Central Plains Campaign, the Qingzhou Campaign was launched, which would make the soldiers too tired.

Qin Qiong shook his head, "The manager didn't say it, but there are important things." ”

Qin Qiong has his own carefulness, he pulled Li Jing and said in a low voice: "Changshi, I think this attack on Qingzhou is a bit strange!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Since you are attacking Qingzhou, why is there no movement on Xu Shiji's side, I think his subordinates should cooperate from the west."

Qin Qiong's suspicion is somewhat reasonable, in fact, Li Jing has long felt that there is something wrong, the biggest doubt is that this battle of Qingzhou was approved by Ziwei Pavilion, which is too unreasonable.

Secondly, the fleet transporting military supplies actually took the canal, it should be directly on the Yellow River, which was more convenient, which made Li Jing puzzled, and Yang Yuanqing was very mysterious all the way and never discussed military affairs with the generals, which was also very abnormal.

All kinds of abnormal things made Li Jing suspicious, even if Yang Yuanqing didn't summon them today, he would have to ask about the situation clearly.

"Let's go! Ask the manager, what the hell is going on? The two of them walked briskly towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Yuanqing was standing in front of the sand table to study the marching route of Laihu'er, he had already received the news from Xie Sili, Laihu'er had promised to return to Sui, and led 5,000 henchmen and 50 large ships to the Zhuojun Military Port located at the mouth of the Lushui River.

They were supposed to take the Yangtze River waterway and sail along the offshore waters. The route is very clear, judging from the time, they have been walking for twenty days, and they are almost at the military port.

This military plan can be called Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chencang, nominally attacking Qingzhou, but in fact preparing to sneak attack Goryeo and plunder supplies from Goryeo.

This plan is very hidden, except for the planner Pei Ju, the rest are only known to Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu, and then the envoy Xie Sili, except for the five people including Yang Yuanqing, no one knows about it.

However, the army has arrived in Xindu County, and it is time to break up, and at this time, there is a personal soldier outside the tent to report: "Chief Qiyu, Li Changshi and Vice Qin are coming." ”

"Invite them in."

After a while, the curtain was lifted, Li Jing and Qin Qiong walked in, and the two bowed together, "See the manager!" ”

"You're welcome, you two, please come and talk."

The two stepped forward, seeing that Yang Yuanqing seemed to be studying the route, Li Jing and Qin Qiong glanced at each other, Li Jing smiled and said, "We have a lot of questions, can you ask the manager to solve our doubts?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "I know you have doubts, and I came here today to tell you something." ”

Li Jing and Qin Qiong were silent, waiting for Yang Yuanqing's explanation, Yang Yuanqing pointed at Pingyuan County with a wooden pole and said: "This time, Li Changshi led 100,000 troops to be stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County, maintaining a state of oppression against Dou Jiande's army, but there is no need to cross the Yellow River, just suppress but not fight, do you understand?" ”

Li Jing stroked his palms and laughed, "I said it! It's not appropriate to hit Qingzhou now, and sure enough, I guessed it, hitting Qingzhou is just pretending. ”

Qin Qiong asked curiously: "Chief, if we don't fight Qingzhou, then where is our goal?" ”

Yang Yuanqing pointed at Pyongyang with a wooden pole, "Fighting Qingzhou is just to cover people's eyes, I will personally lead 30,000 troops to attack Pyongyang, Goryeo by sea." ”

"Attack Goryeo!"

Li Jing and Qin Qiong both exclaimed in unison, which they could never have dreamed of.

Yang Yuanqing nodded solemnly, "This matter has been planned for a month, it is extremely secretive, now that the army has arrived in Xindu County, it is time to break up, I will lead 30,000 troops north to the military port at the mouth of the Lushui River, and the two of you will continue to lead the army south, under my banner, I will garrison troops in the north of the Yellow River, make a big noise, and maintain the momentum of coercion." ”