"In that case, the last general will obey the command of the general." Pei Renji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Li Shimin is a powerful person, although Pei Renji prides himself on being very good at defending, but he is not sure whether he can resist Li Shimin's attack.

"Whether you can defeat Li Shimin this time depends on General Pei." Li Jing said with a smile.

"Naturally, the general is the first to take credit." Pei Renji seemed to have thought of something, frowned and said, "Does the general know that some time ago, the Jingshi Guards were dispatched, and Duan Qi personally led the men and horses to search in the area of Chang'an?" ”

"What's wrong? There is such a thing, isn't there something wrong with Jingzhong? Li Jinghu's eyes flickered and he couldn't help but ask.

"There is nothing to do in Beijing, but some time ago, the Goguryeo envoy came to the Tang Dynasty and said that he was going to talk to His Majesty about the alliance, but His Majesty refused, and even ordered Duan Qi to kill the envoy, but I didn't expect the envoy to find out that something was wrong before he arrived in Chang'an City, and he turned around and fled." Pei Renji shook his head and said, "The last general also received an order from the Wude Hall to check the Goguryeo people who came and went. General, you said that this matter will affect our army's Northern Expedition if it is not done well. ”

"What is the impact? Do you think the Goguryeo people will form an alliance with Li Shimin? Goguryeo is my sworn enemy in the Central Plains, and if Li Shimin forms an alliance with the other party, I am afraid that those soldiers under Li Shimin will not serve him. Li Jing shook his head and said, "However, Your Majesty and Goguryeo have already torn their faces, and they may not attack us." ”

"Li Shimin didn't see them either, but the general, these guys can actually escape in the Central Plains, if there is no support from Li Shimin's Zhao Feng and Perak Hall, it is also unlikely, no matter what, the last general thinks that Goguryeo will definitely attack this time. Moreover, the direction of the attack is here, Shandong is only a sea away from Goguryeo, and we used to cross the sea to fight. Goguryeo may not attack our Shandong. Pei Renji said with some concern.

"Shandong." After listening to it, Li Jing looked at the map of Shandong not far away, it is indeed only a sea away from Liaodong, and more importantly, there are not many soldiers and horses in Shandong now, if Goguryeo crosses the sea to attack, Shandong will inevitably fall, Qin Qiong is facing the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and he has to return to the army to rescue Shandong, will Li Xiaogong give up such an opportunity?

"Li Shimin is really powerful, maybe. His rejection of Goguryeo, and his rescue in turn, have already been calculated. Li Jing took a deep breath and said: "Use the Goguryeo people to seize Shandong, join forces with Li Xiaogong to defeat Qin Qiong, and then cross the Yellow River, retake Shandong, attack Henan, and attack our flank." As for Taiyuan, there are Turkic people to contain Your Majesty, and he can calmly deal with Li Xiaogong with me Li Jing, tsk. It's the same as our plan! If it weren't for General Pei, I'm afraid Li Jing would really be calculated by them. ”

"Hehe, the last general can't afford such a compliment. The general was already preparing to go to Shandong, and if he couldn't get it, he would go head-on with Goguryeo. Defeating the Goguryeo army was also a breeze. No matter how calculating Li Shimin is, there is no way. Bae Renji shook his head and said.

"In any case, General Pei has made great contributions in the process of this Northern Expedition. I believe the emperor knows this. Li Jing laughed and said: "Fortunately, General Pei came, otherwise, Your Majesty and I would have been calculated by Li Shimin." ”

"Your Majesty's destiny returns, the general is a famous general in the world, how can he be calculated by Li Shimin?" Pei Renji shook his head and said: "Even if there is no last general, when the general arrives in Shandong, the army of Goguryeo will just land, and the general will be able to meet the head-on attack." ”

"I hope so." Li Jing said with a smile: "In this case, I will leave 50,000 troops for the general, and after nightfall, I will lead the army to leave the camp, and the general will be more careful here." I asked Guo Xiaoke to stay and cooperate with the general, what does the general think? ”

"That's very good." Pei Renji did not refuse, Guo Xiaoke is a fierce general, let him cooperate with him, and it is much more convenient for him.

That night, Li Jing personally led an army of 100,000 people, quietly left Xingyang, and went straight to Shandong to kill the past, and in the camp outside Xingyang City, Li Jing's Chinese army was still hanging.

Li Shimin on the other side did not suspect all this, across the Yellow River, whether it was Pei Renji or Li Shimin, patrolling along the Yellow River made it difficult to leak information, which was also Li Jing's bold transfer of generals and transfer of the army.

On the Western Front, Li Xin's army never stopped, passed through Pingyao, entered Qi County, but a cannon without conscience, it blew up the defense line of the defenders of Qi County, and showed that Qi County returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Xin only rested for an hour in Qi County, but left a thousand people to defend Qi County, took all the officials from Qi County, and killed Taigu, Taigu Li Xin was not the first time to come, here he and Li Xiuning had a night's rest, and almost let Yin Kaishan kill. At that time, Yin Kaishan made the county order of Taigu, but unfortunately, now the situation has changed, Yin Kaishan is far away in Hebei, but Li Xin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

From Qixian to Taigu, Li Xin only took two days, and it took a day to capture Taigu, so the deeds of capturing the three cities in five days instantly spread throughout Jinzhong, and for a time the entire Jinzhong was shaken, and some of the great families fled countless, and the officials and generals were uneasy, and the snowflake-like documents flew to Taiyuan, asking Li Ji to send reinforcements.

In fact, where Li Ji sent reinforcements at this time, the soldiers and horses in his hands were only tens of thousands, and after the soldiers and horses around Taiyuan were withdrawn, there were only more than 80,000 people, and there were no soldiers and horses stationed in Yanmen, Mayi and other places in the distance. Li Ji calculated very clearly, anyway, the Turks were coming soon, and it was useless to leave these soldiers and horses in the counties, so it was better to be happy, let the Turks enter Taiyuan earlier, and he could gather more soldiers and horses to effectively deal with Li Xin.

However, when he knew that Li Xin had captured three cities in five days, he was still taken aback, because in this way, Li Xin did not spend much effort in attacking the city except for the march. It was captured in almost a round, which shows the sharpness of Li Xin's soldiers.

Li Xin's soldiers and horses were about to cross the Xiaohe River, and told the generals along the way that if they could resist, they would resist, and if they couldn't, they would retreat to Taiyuan. After receiving letters for help from all over the country, Li Ji threw them aside, and soon issued an order, he decided to gather all the soldiers and horses, all of them were placed in Zaoyuan, and prepared for Li Xin to fight to the death.

At the same time, he sent a message to Jieli Khan, urging the opponent's army to quickly move south and reach Taiyuan, and told Jieli Khan about the speed of Li Xin's march so that he could prepare. (To be continued.) )