Chapter 43: Li Shimin's madness
The merger of Lu Bu and the young marshal army, in the whole world, is not a shock, Lu Bu rose in Jiangdong, in less than ten years, occupied a large territory of the Central Plains, and the young marshal army, although because of the appearance of Lu Bu, is not as bright as in the original book, but Kou Zhong's ability is indeed undoubted, now the young marshal army is located in Huaibei, the land of Qingxu, the foundation is very stable, five years ago it defeated Dou Jiande in Jizhou, and became the strength of the four princes in the world to the strongest Li Tang and Yu State.
Now, LΓΌ Bu annexed Henan, although Li Tang took advantage of Kou Zhong's stay in Luoyang to capture Jizhou in one fell swoop, but in the face of the sudden merger of the young marshal's army and Yu Guo, he was obviously a little caught off guard.
Since Lu Bu completely obtained Jiangnan, he set out to build a naval army, Lu Miaozi is in the south, with this world's first skilled craftsman, and the financial support of the Song Valve and Yang Gong's treasure house, the establishment of the naval army is logical.
Now, although there is only one naval army under Lu Bu's command, looking at the world, whether it is the original young marshal army, Li Tang in Guanzhong, or those forces in Shuzhong, they cannot be compared with Lu Bu in terms of naval army.
At the beginning, the participating forces that swept both sides of the Yangtze River, this naval army had shown its strength and destroyed Xiao Xian's forces in one fell swoop, and now, after five years of snow hiding, the Yellow River battle, and then showing its strength, Li Valve's water army preparing to cross the river was destroyed by force, although there were 100,000 male soldiers and the banks of the Yellow River, but they suffered from the strength of the Yu State Naval Division, and could not advance half a step, and watched Lu Bu annex Huaibei and Qilu.
The battle of the Yellow River, although Li Valu lost the naval army that he had built up with great difficulty, but after all, they occupied Jizhou, and their strength did not decrease but increased, but they lost their advantage on the water, and if they wanted to go south, they could only go through Luoyang or Bashu.
But Lu Bu's next move flattened Li Tang's original advantage.
In the past five years, the fifteen cities have been entangled with the Turks, firmly blocking the Turks from the fortress, unable to get any supplies from the Yunzhong area, and the combat power it shows, especially the two cavalry, has the combat power, that is, the most elite Jinlang army under Jieli, has suffered losses in its hands.
If he can get this combat power, it will be enough to sweep the Central Plains and beat Lu Bu back to Jiangdong.
It's a pity that in the past five years, although Li Shimin has been trying to work hard, but with little success, he didn't dare to force each other too much, lest the two sides become enemies, anyway, now these fifteen cities are only enemies of the Turks, but they have never shown any greed for the Central Plains, that is, Li Shimin, in five years, has gradually accepted the existence of this force, and they can undoubtedly let themselves have more energy to concentrate on chasing the Central Plains.
It's just that the problem that worries Li Shimin the most was born at the most critical moment, just when Li Shimin was preparing to start a decisive battle with Lu Bu, 100,000 cavalry in 15 cities suddenly went south, and quickly occupied the three counties of Taiyuan, Yanmen, and Xihe, completely cutting Li Tang's strength into two sections
If it is just like this, although it will make Li Shimin confused for a while, it will not make him panic, after all, no matter how strong the cavalry of the fifteen cities is, but after all, the territory of the border fortress is lonely, once he and the Turks join forces, they can successfully regain the fifteen cities of the border fortress in one fell swoop.
At this moment, the city lord in the clouds, who had been hiding behind the scenes, finally revealed his true face, and this person was actually Qin Tian, the eldest disciple of Lu Bu who had disappeared for five years by Lu Bu's side
The character of Qin Tian is not very important to Li Shimin, because by Lu Bu's side, there are Xuan Xingzhi, Wei Zheng, Shen Luoyan, and five major generals in Wu, Qin Tian, who is only known for his bravery, his light is naturally easily covered by others.
It's just that now, Qin Tian has not made a sound for five years, but he is a blockbuster
At the same time, those fierce generals in Cloud City also announced their names to the world, Yun Feng, the lord of Dragon City, and Guan Feng and Ding Fan, the guards of Yunzhong, these names may be a little unfamiliar, but Li Shimin is not unfamiliar, Guan Feng and Ding Fan are all generals who followed Lu Bu when Jiujiang took root.
It's just that later, first Luo Cheng and Shan Xiongxin, two brave and resourceful famous generals, defected, and Lu Feng and Chen Kang, who followed Lu Bu when he was in Yangzhou, as well as the rising stars Duan Yucheng and Duan, Guan Feng and Ding Fan slowly retreated to the second line.
"Bang" Chang'an, in the imperial study, Li Shimin slammed his fist on the table, and a haze flashed in his eyes It turned out that Lu Bu at that time, when he was not pacified in the south, he had already begun to think about Taiyuan in the north, and at that time, although he was also in the world, he didn't expect that Qin Tian and these people were so deeply hidden
Now, Lu Bu has sent Chen Dang to lead the army into Taiyuan to join forces with Qin Tian and others, but his main force has been dragged in Hangu Pass and Jizhou, and he cannot pose a threat to Taiyuan for a while.
Taiyuan, but the place where the Li family started, for Li Tang, has extraordinary significance, today's Chang'an, there are many great families in Taiyuan, when I saw the Li family in Chang'an, many families in Chang'an set up a foundation, but the foundation of Taiyuan, they did not discard, if you can't recapture Taiyuan in a short time, even with it, the land of Guanzhong will also be panicked.
"Someone is coming" Li Shimin snorted and shouted in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty" A shrill voice sounded, and a eunuch respectfully came to Li Shimin, bowed down and asked, "What does Your Majesty command?" β
"Go, tell the Turkic envoys that I agree to their terms, but we must immediately send troops to help me retake Taiyuan," Li Shimin said in a cold voice.
"Second brother, you are crazy" In the huge palace, there was a sudden loud roar, Li Xiuning Feng walked into the palace with a hint of incredulity in his eyes, looked at Li Shimin and said: "Once the Turks are released into the customs, it is the people of the world who will be harmed, how can the second brother bear it?" β
"But if there is no help from the Turks, it will be my Li Tang's country that will die" Li Shimin looked at Li Xiuning with a gloomy face: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat, but if there is no boat, how can it be covered?" Besides, if I dare to agree to their terms, why can't I make them repay ten times more in the future? The people of the world will understand me, is it possible that they really hope that a martial artist will not succeed in the country? β
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Chang'an City, the residence of the Turkic envoy, Jieli's son Di Luo had a hint of pride in his eyes, and he also felt a lot more pleasing to the eyes when he looked at the eunuch in front of him: "Oh, in this way, the Tang Emperor agreed to my father Khan's conditions?" β
"Yes, but Jieli Khan must also agree, immediately send troops, and attack Longcheng, Yunzhong, Taiyuan and other cities with our army." The eunuch's shrill voice made several burly Turkic men around them feel their hairs stand on end, but Di Luo didn't show anything, and muttered: "I can't do this for sure, and I have to go back and discuss it with my father Khan." β
"Since it should be so, but my majesty said that if the Tang Dynasty is gone, with Lu Bu's attitude towards the Turks, I am afraid that the next one to suffer is the Turks. The eunuch didn't urge, but there was a hint of threat between his words.
A touch of gloom flashed in Di Luo's eyes, and he snorted and said in stiff Chinese: "Don't send it." β
"Damn Han people" watched the disgusting back of the eunuch gradually disappear from sight, and a flash of anger and murder flashed in Di Luo's eyes.
Luoyang, Imperial Palace
The night was like water, the silver moon hung high, and a beautiful figure hurriedly walked under the moonlight, and soon came to the front of Lu Bu's imperial study.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Chang'an" Beauty's crisp voice was as beautiful as a yellow bird.
"It's Jing, come in." In the imperial study, a soft voice sounded, but it was soft, but with a bit of spring.
Fu Jing pushed the door in, but saw Yun Yuzhen standing beside Lu Bu, her face was faint, and the flush did not recede, between her eyes, with a little bit of spring, even if she was also a woman, Fu Jing couldn't help but lose her mind slightly for a moment before reacting, and respectfully handed a stack of letters with fire paint to Lu Bu, her head was lowered, and she didn't dare to look up, for fear that the two would see the playfulness in her eyes. She has been following Lu Bu for almost eight years, so she naturally knows what is going on, and when she thinks of what happened here just now, she can't help but blush a little on her pink pretty face.
"Dead girl." Yun Yu was really a thief, glanced at her, took the letter from her hand, and after getting Lu Bu's permission, he shook it away, but his face gradually became solemn.
"What's wrong?" Lu Bu looked at Yun Yuzhen suspiciously.
"Li Shimin has decided to join forces with the Turks to attack Taiyuan, Yunzhong and Longcheng together, and now the total number of troops in the three places is less than 100,000, this battle is not easy to fight," Yun Yuzhen said in a deep voice.
"When did this letter come in?" Lu Bu also realized the seriousness of the problem, and turned his head to look at Fu Jing, the trace of relaxation on his face was long gone.
"The flying pigeon biography that has just come has been less than a quarter of an hour." Fu Jing said crisply.
"Immediately spread the left and right prime ministers, and Luo Yan came to the imperial study" Lu Bu raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice.
"Huh" Fu Jing responded very obediently, and when she was leaving, she glanced at Yun Yuzhen, and the hint of narrowness in the corner of her eyes made Yun Yuzhen eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, this girl, her courage is getting bigger and bigger.