Chang'an, Taiji Palace.

The sun was hanging high, and outside the main hall, a group of palace maids walked on the stone steps in front of the main hall with plates for meals.

"Stop!" A sharp voice came.

The palace maids stopped together, and the eunuch of the Shangshi Bureau walked out, stood still in front of an old eunuch with a whisk and said with a smile: "Gonggong Zheng is polite, it's time for Your Majesty to eat." ”

The old eunuch glanced at it and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I am discussing the battle in Luoyang with several ministers in the palace, and I am not available at the moment." ”

"Then what can I do, Gonggong Zheng, this majesty's dragon body is important, in the morning, your majesty will only eat half a bowl of lotus seed barley porridge, and if you don't eat it at noon, you will hurt the dragon body."

The old eunuch said: "I also understand, don't eat at noon, you guys' share, I don't think Your Majesty has an appetite now, it's better to change it to something light and delicious!" ”

"No!"

Seeing the busy appearance of the eunuch and palace maid, the old eunuch sighed, he walked to the front steps of the hall, but when he heard Chen Shuda's clear voice, he was still talking, and couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, Li Yuan sat on the hall with his eyes closed, revealing deep fatigue, he was already in his fifties, in the past month, he was paying attention to the army's expedition, especially in the past few days, there were battle reports every day, Li Yuan commanded the battle in Luoyang in the palace, and dealt with it immediately as soon as there was new news.

Li Yuan took a sip of tea, opened his bloodshot eyes, and interrupted the argument between Pei Lin and Chen Shuda in the palace: "Enough, now is not the time to hold Qian Jiulong responsible." The matter has already happened, and I don't want to pursue it anymore. Qian Jiulong is the minister of Yuan Yuan, and he is thinking about this. Let the ministers of Zhongshu Province who only know how to play tricks all day long, and don't blame too much for another discussion. broke the heart of the old minister in the court. ”

"No!" Pei Lin and Chen Shuda agreed together.

Yu Wenshi said: "Your Majesty, our army has more than 300,000 troops, and it has been more than a month since we attacked Zhao this time. At present, although the army of the southern route of the king of Hejian is already approaching the city of Luoyang, the army of the northern route of His Royal Highness the prince, if he cannot cross the Yellow River, he will not be able to capture Luoyang with the people and horses of the king of Hejian alone. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "I know." ”

Speaking of which. Li Yuan picked up the piece of music in his hand and said: "This is the secret report sent by the Qin Wangfu yesterday, and his secret agent in Liyang has sent news that there are indeed more than 300 warships crossing in Liyangdu and going up the Yellow River. But this is not enough to prove that Li Chongjiu and his government army, the main force of the Ting Wei army are on the ship. It is also possible that these warships are empty. ”

"King Qin's staff Du Ruhui, and King Heyang's chief of staff Li Jing, all gave me a note, and they didn't see the real movement of Li Chongjiu's main force. The army of the northern route led by the prince. It may be dangerous, and even the army of the South Road may be attacked! ”

On the side, Chen Shuda said: "Your Majesty, we have already done our best to investigate, and the main force of the Zhao army has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. It is impossible to fly into the sky, and it is impossible to escape into the earth. As long as he is present, we can detect it. ”

Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty." Wei Chen is worried, His Royal Highness the Prince's North Road Army! If this time Qian Jiulong's military rations are not lost. Weichen is nothing, and now the military rations are lost. But it's not good. ”

Yu Wenshi looked at Pei Lin and asked, "Are you worried that Li Chongjiu will go out of the well and attack the party?" ”

Pei Lin shook his head and said: "Shangdang has King Xiangwu in charge, and there will be nothing to do for a while, Weichen is worried that if Li Chongjiu merges with the Zhao army in Taiyuan, and then goes straight to the east of the river, what if he captures Pujindu?" ”

As soon as Pei Lin said this, the faces of everyone present changed.

Judging from the map, from Taiyuan to Pujindu, all the way through the Xihe, Linfen, Jiang, Hedong four counties, when the Zhao army attacked Taiyuan in a big way, its forward grassland cavalry, almost hit Hedong County. At that time, Li Tang Dynasty had the theory of abandoning Hedong to avoid the edge of the Zhao army.

And now the 30,000 Tang troops stationed in Hedong have been transferred to Shangdang, and the four counties are empty, if Li Chongjiu's main force Zhao Jun and Chi Gong, who are stationed in Taiyuan, are combined, then it is not impossible for the army to drive straight down and capture the four counties, but the time on the road is a little longer. However, once Li Chongjiu captured Pujindu, it could create a momentum of crossing the Yellow River in the south and directly attacking Chang'an.

At that time, Li Jiancheng's army, which was in Hanoi, had to return to Hedong to relieve the siege of Chang'an. This main decisive battle is also normal, and Li Tang is not afraid at all in normal times, but now the problem is that Li Jiancheng's army is short of food, and the army returns to Pujindu from Hanoi, and it has taken a long way back, not to mention, the soldiers along the way are hungry and can't eat enough.

Li Chongjiu can stick to the danger, not take the initiative to fight, and wait for Li Jiancheng to run out of food, and then strike a backhand blow when the morale of the soldiers is extremely low. Therefore, even if the Tang army has an advantage in strength, but in a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhao army, the chance of victory is not even one percent.

Pei Lin analyzed the consequences of this qiē, in fact, there is no need for Pei Lin to analyze, the people in the hall are also knowledgeable soldiers, how can they not understand.

Judging from the map, the three major ferries of the Yellow River, Pujindu, which is only one step away from Guanzhong, Mengjindu, where Heyang City is located, and Liyangdu, where Liyang City is located, have become the three key points of this Tang-Zhao war.

Chen Shuda said: "Your Majesty, do you want to transfer back a part of the army on the North Road to defend Linfen County and Jiang County?" ”

Li Yuan walked back and forth with his hands in his hands and said: "No, there is no turning back when you open the bow, there are still 30,000 horses in Chang'an, even if Li Chongjiu hits the city, what about it?" I'm afraid he won't make it! ”

"Majesty!" Pei Lin and Chen Shuda persuaded together. They were worried that Li Yuan was acting rashly, and Chang'an was Li Tang's heart, so how could he be put in danger lightly.

Li Yuan stopped his hand and said: "I know what you want to say, but I have already advocated that the original plan was to attack Luoyang with the army of the north and south, and now the army of the south route has been successful, but the army of the north route is insufficient due to the robbery of military rations, I only need to transport the military grain to the prince's army, right?" ”

Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty, this is a good word, but at the moment, it will take at least twenty days to reallocate grain from Guanzhong and transport it to Heyang!" ”

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "What you said is the 6th road, not the waterway!" ”

Pei Lin and Yu Wenshi glanced at each other, and they all showed a look of astonishment.

Pei Lin asked: "What does Your Majesty mean, is it to use grain ships to transport grain and take the Sanmenxia waterway of the Yellow River?" ”

"Not bad!"

Pei Lin sweated profusely and said: "Your Majesty's Sanmenxia waterway is too dangerous, countless boats and boats have been destroyed here, if grain and grass are transported to Heyang through Sanmenxia, ten ships can only reach two." ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "During the two Han Dynasty, Jianghuai's river boats could enter the customs from the Yellow River, why don't even a boat dare to leave today." I don't know that I have sent people to secretly rebuild the plank road on the south bank of Sanmenxia, and the purpose is for today's use! (To be continued......)

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