Chapter 823: Each has a plan
Liyang City, Li Shimin personally sat here, because the enemy he faced was Li Jing, a genius in the use of soldiers, and his danger was even above Li Xin's, in the court, no one was Li Jing's opponent, so Li Shimin could only come in person.
"His Royal Highness has sent the surname Gao away." Xie Yingdeng said with a smile: "And gave His Highness's mount White Hoof Wu to the other party, and the surname Gao is very happy." ”
"Do you really think his surname is Gao?" Li Shimin put down the books in his hand and said with a smile: "His surname is Yuan, his name is Yuangai Suwen, he is the guard of Liaodong City, and he came to the Central Plains this time to spy on the Central Plains. ”
"Is that him?" Xie Yingdeng looked at Li Shimin in surprise, he knew that Li Shimin didn't see this Yuangai Suwen when he was in Xindu, so Yuangai Suwen left Dazhao and went to Datang, but he didn't expect that at this time, Li Shimin actually met Yuangai Suwen, which made him a little strange.
"People are messengers, and when two countries are at war, they don't kill them. My Da Zhao is a state of etiquette, and this truth is still very clear, you can't be like Li Xin, you can kill if you want to kill, and you can kill if you want to. This is not our statecraft and diplomatic strategy. Li Shimin said proudly: "We can't compromise with Goguryeo, this is something that no one can violate, and I am the same, but unlike Li Xin, Li Xin believes that the Han people are supreme, and no alien race can offend the Han people, otherwise, what will usher in is war, Goguryeo killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers of my Han family, how can Li Xin tolerate him?" That's why he chased and killed Yuan Gai Suwen, and killed the envoy and established his authority. ”
Xie Yingdeng didn't say anything, because he could see that if Li Xin was really in alliance with Goguryeo, Li Shimin would probably spread the matter to the world, but what was Li Shimin's purpose for befriending Yuangai Suwen at this time, but Xie Yingdeng didn't know.
"We are now fighting on three fronts, and in Taiyuan, Li Xin has gathered elite soldiers and strong generals. It is to capture Taiyuan, but we have Turks, as long as Li Ji insists on half a month, the army of Turks will come, even if Li Xin is capable, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with so many Turks, the middle is me and Li Jing, although I am not his opponent, but if you want to defeat me, it is not so easy. Only in the east, Li Xiaogong and Qin Qiong are evenly matched, Qin Qiong has more soldiers and horses, Li Xiaogong may not be his opponent, but what if one person attacks Shandong? Li Shimin pointed to the map in the distance and said.
"Goguryeo." Xie Yingdeng quickly thought of this problem, the Goguryeo people were almost killed by Li Xin in Chang'an, and now that Yuangai Suwen's sister was captured by Jinyiwei, how could Yuangai Suwen not take revenge.
"Not bad. That's it. Li Shimin was a little proud of his plan, and now he has finally become the crown prince. Only by supervising state affairs can he do such a thing, if it was before, he would never have had such an opportunity to calculate Li Xin. And he believes that Li Jiancheng will not think of this. I can't do that either.
Qin Qiong wanted to protect her back road. I will definitely return to Shandong, and when Qin Qiong defeats Goguryeo, I will be able to defeat Li Jing's tens of thousands of troops in one fell swoop. As for Taiyuan. Come to think of it, even if you can't defeat Li Xin, it's still okay to lose both. Li Shimin explained with a smile: "Who made our power weaker." If you want to deal with Li Xin, you must unite the three families, otherwise, sooner or later, you will be eaten clean by the other party. It's just that I can't ally with the Goguryeo people, so I can only take this method to make Li Xin offend him, and sure enough, Li Xin's character determines that it is impossible for him to unite with Goguryeo. ”
"Your Highness." After Xie Yingdeng heard this, he had to admit that Li Shimin was very cunning and had already found out Li Xin clearly. Unknowingly, he put a trap on Li Xin, making Li Xin and Goguryeo opposed.
"However, whether it is Goguryeo or Turkic. It all takes time, and the most important thing for us right now is to hold it up long enough. If not, no amount of people will be able to help us. Li Shimin's face was still solemn.
"We are facing the Yellow River, and if Li Jing wants to break through the defense of the Yellow River, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" Xie Yingdeng said with some worry.
"You can't underestimate Li Jing." Li Shimin shook his head and said: "If you want to cross the Yellow River, if there is a Yellow River sailor here, it is not impossible. So we can only keep an eye on the Yellow River and not let them cross the Yellow River. ”
"Halfway through, His Royal Highness is not Yuan Shao back then, Li Jing is not Cao Cao, and our grain and grass will not be burned by the other party." After Xie Yingdeng listened to Li Shimin's arrangement, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Li Shimin was ready, he believed that Li Jing was definitely not Li Shimin's opponent, because the two sides were in different positions. The resources that Li Jing can use are different from those that Li Shimin can use, resulting in Li Jing having the ability, but absolutely no such strength.
"Never underestimate Li Jing, sometimes, even if there are no ships, but Li Jing may have a way to deal with us." Li Shimin was very alert to this matter, and Li Jing's record made Li Shimin very embarrassed, and he was careful for fear of being deceived.
"Yes." Xie Yingdeng nodded and said, "Chen, let's go to the bank of the Yellow River to inspect it." ”
Li Shimin nodded, and carefully instructed Xie Yingdeng to retreat, in fact, the pressure in his heart was still relatively large, and in front of Xie Yingdeng, it was also to ease the atmosphere in the army, after all, Li Xin announced to the outside world that he would raise 500,000 troops, and the momentum was extremely scary. According to his understanding of Li Xin and Datang, even if there is no 500,000, there must be 400,000. Even if it is 400,000 horses, it is not something that Li Shimin can easily repel them.
The same problem was also discussed in Li Jing's camp, although Xie Yingdeng's banner was hanging in the opposite camp, but Li Jing knew that the arrangement of troops on the opposite side was definitely not something that a general of Xie Yingdeng's level could do.
"General, are you looking for me?" The big tent of the Chinese army was rolled up, and I saw Pei Renji striding over in armor, and his face showed joy.
"Why, General Pei won't blame me for inviting the general here from Luoyang!" Li Jing waved his hand and let all the generals walk out before saying to Pei Renji, "General Pei, come." Take a look at the map. Li Jing pulled Pei Renji to the map.
"General, I know that Xie Yingdeng is on the other side, why did you mark the word 'Li' on it?" Pei Renji saw a big flag with the word "Li" planted on Liyang's position, and immediately said with some curiosity.
"Where does a little Xie Yingdeng need me to worry so much, now it's not Xie Yingdeng on the other side at all, I suspect it's Li Shimin." Li Jing shook his head and said: "He is on the bank of the Yellow River, every mile of the place, there is a beacon tower, once he finds that someone is crossing the Yellow River, he will immediately light the beacon fire, and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry will immediately kill from Liyang City." Although Xie Yingdeng is good, he definitely does not have such military qualities, and he will definitely not be able to command the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry. I am afraid that Li Shimin personally led the army. ”
"If Li Shimin personally leads the army to come, then the general should be careful, it is not so easy to break through here." Pei Renji's face was solemn, he shook his head and said: "Whether it is a boat or a sailor, even if it is close to the bank of the Yellow River, Li Shimin can attack it halfway, and it is difficult to break through." ”
"That's why the general is here." Li Jing said with a smile.
"The general already has a plan?" Pei Renji looked at Li Jing curiously, at least he couldn't come up with this kind of strategy, could it be that Li Jing could come up with a plan in such a short time?
"Hehe, the east is not bright and the west is bright, we don't have to, we have to spend 150,000 troops here, the Yellow River is so long, can it be suitable to cross the Yellow River in one place?" Li Jing said very indifferently: "I am going to cross the Yellow River in another place." Li Jing's eyes flickered, looking at the map in front of him.
"Where is the general going to cross the river?" Pei Renji swept a circle on the map, Guandu, Yanjin and other places, he shook his head one by one, according to the layout on the map, Pei Renji has found that hundreds of miles of the Yellow River opposite, are all drawn along the bank with a black brush, indicating that the place must be the beacon tower laid by Li Shimin, plus clairvoyance, it can be said that the Tang army has just crossed the river, Li Shimin already knows Li Jing's whereabouts. If you want to attack the Yellow River, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
"Li Shimin needs time now, he can stabilize the opposition forces in the pseudo-Zhao country, so His Majesty will go on a northern expedition at this time, general, please look here, this is Taiyuan, Your Majesty has sent news, the Turkic army is leading the south, the number is not known yet, but it must be a lot, Your Majesty will have a fierce battle in Taiyuan, the second is Liyang, Li Shimin led the army again, at least there are more than 100,000 people, the third is the plain, the pseudo-Zhao Li Xiaogong is also a famous general, Qin Qiong wants to break through the opponent's defense I am afraid it will be difficult. Therefore, it is necessary to take the opponent by surprise and defeat one of the opponent's soldiers and horses in order to change the situation in front of you. Li Jing pointed to the map in front of him and said unceremoniously: "I am ready to lead the army eastward, and I will attack northern Shandong with Qin Qiong, defeat Li Xiaogong first, and then in turn, attack Li Shimin, and cut off Li Shimin's grain and grass from behind." What does the general think? ”
"Good strategy, good strategy." Pei Renji's eyes couldn't help but light up at this time, and he arched his hand towards Li Jing and said, "What does the general want the last general to do, even if he orders, the last general will never refuse." ”
"Okay, the army of 50,000, plus the 30,000 people in Luoyang, resist Li Shimin, you can't let Li Shimin enter the land of Henan, even if it's a soldier, the general can do it?" Li Jing looked at Pei Renji and said.
"You can do it within two months, and after two months, please give up the banks of the Yellow River and guard Xingyang, Hujiao, and Luoyang." Bae In-ki thought for a while and said.
"A month will do." Li Jing was overjoyed and patted Pei Renji on the shoulder and said. (To be continued.) )