Li Tang Heyang camp, the camp door is wide open.

Li Tang's most elite Beiya Forbidden Army's men and horses, fresh clothes and angry horses, stood outside the door, and Tang soldiers stood erected like a mountain.

The bright yellow imperial flag, fluttering in the Heyang camp, from the camp gate to the Yuanmen on the road, has long been clear water sprinkled road, loess paving, and the Tang Emperor Li Yuan's car has just driven through the Chinese army's Yuanmen.

With a cry from the royal husband, the horse pulled the horse to stop the royal car.

Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, Qu Tutong and other generals knelt on the ground together and paid homage to Li Yuan's car in front of the gate.

Li Yuan got out of the car with the support of his close minister Pei Lian, looked at the two sons kneeling on the ground, and said lightly: "Wait for the armor to be on your body, excuse yourself!" ”

Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji didn't dare to get up when he heard this. Li Jiancheng wept and said: "The son is guilty, the son is old and useless in Heyang, he can't cross the Yellow River one step, he has the high hopes of his father, and the son is ashamed of his father, and the son does not dare to get up." ”

Li Yuanji also said: "Erchen too, I don't have a face to see my father, so let me wait and kneel." ”

Li Yuan looked at the two sons, his eyes narrowed, and he stood with his hands in his hands. Under the brim of his hat, the white hair on Li Yuan's temples was very eye-catching, full of frowns, and his eyes under his eyelids revealed a terrifying majesty.

Seeing Li Yuan like this, the ministers on the left and right were all in their hearts, in the past few years, Datang has made great progress, won many battles, and has never suffered defeat. It's been a long time since the generals have seen Li Yuan have shown such an expression.

Suddenly, everyone remembered that five years ago, when Jinyang raised troops, Li Yuan was decisive when he rose up, what would he do with his two sons this time?

Li Yuan ignored the two sons, but looked at Qu Tutong and asked, "General Qu Tu, I gave you the camel hair quilt last year." Is it still there? ”

Qu Tutong stepped forward and said, "If you go back to your majesty, it's still there." ”

Li Yuan said: "Very good. Take your camel hair blanket to Brandau immediately, I don't want to see you again. ”

Qu Tutong has been around. He raised his head and glanced at Li Yuan deeply, and then bowed down again and said, "Thank you for your grace." ”

At that moment, Qu Tutong stood up and left, and his back seemed to be ten years old in an instant.

When the generals heard that Li Yuan punished Qu Tutong so harshly, they were all startled, and they beat drums in their hearts. Qu Tutong is such a general, Li Yuan actually demoted him to the desolate land in the Western Regions, and he will not be able to return to Chang'an for the rest of his life.

Looking at Qu Tutong's desolate back, all the generals lowered their heads. And Li Jiancheng's body trembled, he didn't need to be exiled for such a felony. As long as he is relieved of his position, his status as the prince's leader will be disgraced, and the position of the East Palace will be shaken.

Li Yuan said at this time: "Do you think you can be exonerated if you can't afford to kneel?" If you can't afford to kneel, will our army be able to cross the Yellow River? Thou art the crown prince, and the prince of a kingdom should be an example to his ministers, rise up and speak to me. ”

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and stood up, he understood that Li Yuan did not want to hold him responsible for the defeat of the Tang Army on the North Road. The purpose of disposing of Qu Tutong is to use him as a scapegoat to protect himself and keep his position as the crown prince.

The generals entered the big tent, Li Jiancheng gave up the handsome position, and Li Yuan took himself as the middle. The generals on the left and right sat next to each other near the tabernacle.

After Qu Tutong was expelled, Li Yuanji explained the current war to Li Yuan.

On the south bank of the Yellow River was the 10,000 naval divisions of the Zhao army, as well as 3,000 infantry soldiers stationed in Heyang City. And the 30,000 horses led by Wang Junkuo and the 20,000 iron horsemen of Ying Hefu came from the north. One west and two directions threatened the rear of the Tang Army's more than 100,000 troops on the North Road.

In Shangdang County, Li Yan's 30,000 Hedong Army and Wei Chigong's 25,000 men and horses were facing off.

In Luoyang, Li Xiaogong led the main force of the South Road Army. Straight to Luoyang City, and the Zhao army's Xu Shijifu army, Wang Bo, Meng Haigong men and horses confronted, and to the east of Luoyang, there are nearly 20,000 Tang troops have cleared most of the Zhao army fortresses, and are now besieging the Shan Xiongxin men and horses trapped in Yanshi, Luokoucang, in the direction of the Tiger Pass is Li Jing's 7,000 strange soldiers and Cheng Jiahui's 3,000 local army, and Zhao army Luo Shixin, Tan Zongbu fighting.

Finally, the main force of Li Chongjiu's Zhao army, 35,000 men, was already approaching the tiger prison.

It can be seen that the war was carried out along the banks of the Yellow River centered on Luoyang, and five of the six major government armies of the Zhao army were already in battle, and the grassland cavalry almost poured out from the north. Of course, the Tang Army also has no reserve military strength.

This time the battle was not without harvest for the Tang army, after the Tang army on the North Road captured the second city of Heyang Beizhong, Hanoi County had been fully recaptured, and Li Tang's iron cavalry pressed directly on the north bank of the Yellow River, only a river away from Luoyang.

The victory in the battle of Yique of Li Jing, which was also carried out on the south bank, not only uprooted the important town of the Zhao army south of Luoyang, but also penetrated the contact line of the Tang army from Guanzhong to Henan, ensuring the safety of Nanyang, an important town in the south. And Li Jing captured Xuanyuan Pass, and even hit the Luoyang Fortress Tiger Prison City. The territory of the Zhao army in Henan, only Luoyang, Yanshi, Hujiao, Dongjun and so on remained.

However, Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others also admitted that these were small-scale, partial victories, and as long as Luoyang could not be defeated for a day, these territories might be recaptured by the Zhao army overnight. What's more, the victory of the Zhao army in Jianghuai greatly made up for the losses on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and even worse, Li Tang also caught up with his own Pengcheng County and Xiapi County.

For the Jianghuai Army, the Tang Army did not have so many good feelings, and even Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou died, and the people present did not feel distressed, after all, they were not the descendants of the Tang Army, or even the princes with resentment.

Even if Li Chongjiu doesn't destroy him, Li Tang will have to clean it up in the future. Now that Li Chongjiu has done it, it's not the same. But for Li Yuan, it was different, because Jianghuai was lost, and Xiao Mo had already announced that he would return to Zhao.

Originally, people like Xiao Mill, even if ten of them were added together, they would not be in Li Yuan's eyes, but Xiao Mill was the representative of the Xiao clan in Lanling after all, and he announced that he would return to Zhao, representing the Jiangnan Shi clan among the three major regional gates in the world, and he was already inclined to the Zhao State.

Xiao Milling's return to Zhao will inevitably lead a large number of Jiangnan scholars to fall to Zhao, coupled with the Xiao family's reputation in Jingxiang, Jiangnan's reputation will cause future changes. And the so-called post-change is an invisible and untouchable trend, just like when Li Yuan first entered Chang'an, the Guanlongmen valve dismissed the troops to vote, and broke off 200,000 troops for half a month. And once the Zhao State rises and breaks the bamboo, can the remaining Lin Shihong, Feng Ang and others resist it?

Now Xiao Mo not only returned to Zhao, but also led the Zhao army and the sailors of the Zhao army alliance to attack Jiangxia. Li Yuan is very aware of the importance of Jiangxia, at this time, Jingzhou is critical, once the Zhao army breaks through here, it can go straight up, but now Li Xiaogong, Li Jing's army, is still near Luoyang and cannot be transferred back.

Just as Li Yuan was thinking about occupying it, suddenly a general entered the interior and said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the marching commander Shi Li Jing has come to write a book, saying that the army has failed to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, and is now a retreat. ”

The generals listened to it and shook their heads, and it seemed that the Southern Route Army, which had been progressing smoothly, had also reached its limit. (To be continued......)