Jinju is located in the east of Shangdang, west of the Yellow River, south of Bianluo, north of Jinyang, can be said to be the most important transportation hub in Shanxi in the mountains and rivers, the place where soldiers must fight.

The reason why Li Tai wants to enter Jinju is naturally this point. Just to engage in a battle in Fenbei, no matter how lively the battle is, it is just scratching the itch in the boots, and it will not achieve any strategic reversal effect at all.

It's just that such an important place as Jinzhou, even if it is not currently operated as a strategic town by Northern Qi, its own defense strength is not small. And there is also one of the most critical problems, that is, Jinzhou is too close to the Jinyang base camp of the Northern Qi Dynasty, so it can be said that once Jinzhou is attacked, Jinyang will be the first to reinforce it.

Therefore, Wei Xiaokuan focused the capture of Jinju on intercepting its reinforcements, as long as the Northern Qi could not provide effective reinforcements against Jinzhou, then it would not be a problem to take Jinzhou!

Historically, the Northern Zhou Dynasty captured Jinzhou, and adopted a similar strategy, the main force went straight to Jinzhou, and then divided the troops into the transportation arteries near Jinzhou, blocking the reinforcements from all walks of life, under the fierce offensive of the Northern Zhou soldiers, the defenders of the city felt that it was hopeless, so they surrendered one after another.

The reason why Li Tai wanted to attract the attention of Northern Qi to the direction of Heluo with great fanfare was to weaken the strength of Jinyang and increase the difficulties and twists and turns for its rescue of Jinzhou.

Although it is a bit disappointing that Jinju cannot be captured from a quick attack, such a strategic plan certainly cannot be completely pinned on the frequent mistakes of the opponent. Even if Jinju can hold on for a while, it is also within Li Tai's estimate, and it is planned to use Jinju as bait for the second phase of the war to encircle and send reinforcements.

Needless to say, Wei Xiaokuan's military ability was needless to say, and a combat plan made by his people after more than a year of immersion could be described as detailed and concrete, and Li Tai had nothing else to add after discussing it with him.

So he ordered Wei Xiaokuan to return to Yubi and prepare to meet the army across the river to attack Jinzhou. In this first stage of the war, the war on the Jinju side was presided over by Wei Xiaokuan.

As for Li Tai himself, he returned to Shangyang Palace, and ordered the reorganization of 60,000 horses as the middle route division brigade to follow him in the direction of Tongguan.

While waiting for the reorganization of the people, Li Tai deliberately took a little time to say goodbye to his family. Needless to say, in order to prevent him from being distracted by family affairs when he went out on the expedition, and in order to get a good fortune, Miao Yin taught his sons many auspicious words, and kept calling around their father, and the lively shouts of the children also diluted the sadness of parting.

Now Li Tai has three sons, in addition to the two sons born by Dugu Miaoyin in the main room, Yao Wan'er, the concubine, also gave birth to a son last year. Now Miaoyin is pregnant again, Li Tai hopes to add a daughter, in the past, the husband and wife were alone without children and noisy, but now it is too noisy.

What worries Li Tai more at home is his father Li Xiao. Since the onset of Xiangyang in the old years, Li Xiao's health has not been good, although there are also family members who take care of him and doctors who carefully diagnose and treat him, but in recent years, he is still visibly aging.

Therefore, Li Tai also came to his father's place before leaving, and only visited the room when Li Xiao woke up from his lunch break, and said softly: "Aya, there is something going on in the border again, and my son must lead the army to go out, and if it goes well, he will return in more than a month." This is shorter than morning and dusk, and the child will be in triumph before entering the bed to receive the rod!"

"Go and go, though thy father is not faint, do thou not know what is the cause of the power at this time? The family and the country all depend on my son, and I have worked hard."

Li Xiao leaned on the couch, reached out and grabbed Li Tai's wrist, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Recently, I often dream of your uncles and fathers, and they are smiling at me, and the family is bound to be more prosperous. I think that you will win again this time, and the northern kingdom will be unified......

Li Tai listened to his father's laughter and nagging, and he didn't feel bored in his heart, and he also knew that this kind of time together was getting less and less. For this father, he may not have the most innocent feelings based on blood, but he has already taken root in this world in this capacity, and of course he is obliged to meet the care of this dying father for his son.

Li Xiao said for a long time, and he didn't speak until Li Tai finished serving the medicine himself

The horn smiled and gradually fell asleep.

Because his father's health was not good, Li Tai also recalled his two younger brothers, Li Chao and Li Ao, who had previously served in other states, to Guanzhong, so that they could serve and accompany their father close to each other. At this time, he was about to put on his armor and go on the expedition, so he summoned the second brother to the front and told him seriously: "After I go on the expedition, you two must concentrate on serving Aya, morning and dusk alternately, and don't lack protection in front of the bed!"

"Brother, don't worry, we will definitely take care of Aye!"

When Li Chao and Li Ao heard this, they also hurriedly nodded in response.

After bidding farewell to his elders, Li Tai went straight to the barracks outside Shangyang Palace, waiting for the division and brigade to pack up and then set off.

When the Western Wei Dynasty was fighting its own troops and horses, the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty was also in chaos, and there were different opinions because of Sima's rebellion.

Originally, Sima's rebellion was conclusive, and it was the most normal situation for the imperial court to order troops to quell the rebellion, but it was such a normal decision, and some people still questioned it, thinking that Sima Zhen's rebellion or there was something else hidden, and he should not send an army to punish him urgently, but should first send envoys to discipline and appease, and it would be best if the matter could be resolved in a relatively peaceful way.

The reason why there is such a murmur in the DPRK and China is also due to Sima Ziru, Sima's father. If Sima Zi is not only the four nobles of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but also the king of connections in the Eastern Dynasty, there is no relationship that he can't match.

Nowadays, among the important ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhao Yanshen and Wei Shui are mostly recommended by Sima Ziru, plus some other relatives and friends, naturally they have left their sons with considerable network resources.

These people did not deliberately cover up for personal gain, but also felt that it was also beneficial for the Northern Qi court to solve this matter by peaceful means. If it really makes a big fuss, it will only give the Western Wei Dynasty, an old enemy, a chance to raise troops and come to Kou.

The last time a similar situation led to the Battle of Bishan, although the final result ended in a complete victory for the Eastern Wei Dynasty. However, the situation is very different now, since Li Boshan took charge of the Western Wei Dynasty, he has been working hard to govern and build up his military preparations, and it is really difficult to judge how far his strength has grown. What's more, his people have repeatedly ravaged their Northern Qi army in Heluo in the past year, and if they fight with them this time, it is really unpredictable.

Today's Qi lord Gao Yang is no longer the heroic and aggressive in the early days of the emperor, and when he heard a lot of such advice, he really sent a messenger all the way to Tiger Prison City to appease Sima and eliminate difficulties.

It's just that the envoys haven't set off yet, and more accurate news came that Sima Xiaonan not only rebelled in the city, but also surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty, and Zheng Wei, the opening of the Western Wei Dynasty, had also led the army into the Tiger Prison City to coordinate the defense of the city.

In this way, it means that there is no turning point for the better, and the courtiers who advised the slow plan before hurriedly shut up, seeing that if they talk more about this situation, they will inevitably be burned.

And Gao Yang, the lord of Qi, was naturally furious, and even ordered the general of Wuwei, Qi Lianmeng and Gao Anaqiu, to lead 20,000 forbidden troops to the south, and join Heyang Xingtai Hu Luguang to attack Tiger Prison City.

However, when this group had just arrived in Heyang and had not yet crossed the river, Dugu Yongye, the assassin of Luozhou, marched into Yiyang, Guannan and other places, and there were Wei army movements, which seemed to be about to enter the Heluo area in a big way. At the same time, there was news from the west that Li Boshan, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, requisitioned 300,000 troops in his country, and soon he would go out of Tongguan and kill Heluo.

The shadow of a person's famous tree, if there is a person whose name alone can make the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty suspicious and worried, it is definitely Li Boshan. Therefore, when this news was reported, it was like a rocket rushing straight into the Northern Qi court, and everyone who knew about it along the way became nervous.

Of course, in addition to fear, some people also questioned: "Do the Qiang thieves really have 300,000 elite soldiers?"

"It should be there, although the Qiang thieves have been defeated in the past, Li Boshan is outstanding in governance, and his soldiers have never been limited to Hu Xia, and they take more Xia people as their armor. Even if the number is not as huge as 300,000, it should not be difficult to count more than 100,000 or 200,000. Moreover, Li Boshan is a famous general in the world, and now he is the commander of the army, and his name is a huge 10,000 division and brigade, and it is not a wild talk......

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the challenge of this crisis, and it is meaningless to care about the difference between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of troops in the Western Wei Dynasty.

And Qi Lord Gao Yang is also about this

did not dare to slack off, and as soon as he learned of this news, he recalled Duan Shao, the king of the plains, who served as the assassin of Jizhou, to the court, and several kings discussed countermeasures, including Gao Xun, the king of Pengcheng, who was mourning at home, was also reinstated and reappointed as the pastor of Sizhou.

For a time, there was a tense and solemn atmosphere in the entire Northern Qi court, and those who were qualified to express their opinions were naturally rushing to write books, hoping to offer wisdom to alleviate their worries and solve problems, and those who were not qualified to participate in major events were waiting one after another, hoping that the imperial court could come up with a plan to solve the current crisis as soon as possible.

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