Henan County, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the eastern capital of Luoyang. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The barracks were continuous, the flags were fluttering, and the sky was full of blood.

In Bohai City, the capital of the Xia Kingdom, when the beacon burned the city and stained the earth with blood, Luoyang, the capital of the Tang State, was also a war drum like thunder, and the beacon burned the city.

The time when the Sui Dynasty's army approached the eastern capital of Luoyang was earlier than the siege of Bohai City, and the four heavenly kings each led an army, and the four sides besieged the eastern capital Luoyang, and the tactics of strong attack, fire attack, civil strife, and poisoning were exhausted, but they still had not yet fallen, and even the city wall was not completely captured, and the record was not as good as the rebels of the Yue King back then.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, is like an ancient giant beast crawling on the earth.

The city is high into the clouds, at this time on the city wall full of vicissitudes of life, countless potholes are dense, full of traces of swords and guns, but it is still majestic, more magnificent, majestic, heavy, like an ancient giant mountain.

The blood stains sprinkled all over the vicissitudes of the city wall, most of which have condensed into blood cocoons, adding a hideous and sad to the majestic and heavy ancient capital.

Under the city wall, the corpses piled up more than ten zhang, filled the moat, stained the Luoshui red, and summoned countless black crows, flies and insects, which were rancid and smoky.

Over the past few days, the four great heavenly kings of the Great Sui Empire have attacked Luoyang many times, among which He Ruobi, the king of Zhenwu, the Yutian King Yujuluo, the two spear kings Dingyan and the silver demon Pei Yuanqing, have personally killed the wall many times, and finally had to retreat outside the city.

This is Luoyang, the eastern capital.

This is the capital that does not break the sky.

is as strong as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Silver Demon Pei Yuanqing, who can basically be proud of the generals of the Tang Kingdom, but he still can't do anything about it.

As soon as the news of the fall of the Xia Kingdom and the fall of the Xia King spread, the Sui Dynasty army suspended the siege of the city, left behind the corpses of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and retreated to the Sifang military camp.

At this time, the four kings of the Great Sui, the silver demon Pei Yuanqing and the representatives of the two generals gathered in the west of Luoyang, the military camp led by King Gao Gong of Xuanxiang.

The solemn and oppressive atmosphere filled the military tent, and everyone in the tent was silent.

"The Xia Kingdom is destroyed, and the Xia King has died......"

Xuanxiang Wang Gao Gong looked around at the people in the tent who were quite depressed, and said in a calm tone as if explaining a mundane matter of life.

The siege of Luoyang for many days, has not yet fallen, and the Sui army has suffered heavy losses, and no one in the Sui generals present can lift their spirits, which is understandable.

Everyone present was silent, and they naturally knew about this news, otherwise they would not have gathered here.

Gao Gong said calmly again: "Hangu Pass is still in the hands of the Niangzi Army, our army has attacked several times, and it still hasn't fallen yet, and it is predicted that we will have to pay a million troops, as short as half a month, and as long as a month, there is hope, and the time is very tight!"

Since the Sui army besieged the eastern capital of Luoyang, it cut off the connection between Luoyang and Hangu Pass, especially supplies and reinforcements. Then, two armies were sent to attack Hangu Pass from the east and west, but they still did not fall.

Of course, the Sui army also sent many assassins to assassinate Concubine Li Xiuning, but they basically sank into the sea, and it was obvious that there were strong people who had left the country to protect Li Xiuning.

The eastern capital of Luoyang was not captured, and the route of the eastern and western capitals was not opened.

It can be said that the Sui army entered the pass in a big way, even if the cities near Luoyang and Henan County have been captured, but they obviously can't hold it, and they can be regarded as nothing, and it is strange that the Sui army present is happy.

"What does the high phase mean?" asked the Imperial King Yukura first.

King Gao Gong of Xuanxiang is the person who has served as the prime minister of the Great Sui Empire for the longest time, and some old ministers of the Great Sui are still used to calling him Gao Xiang.

Of course, this is also everyone's recognition of Gao Gong's ability.

Yu Tianwang Yu Kuluo thought about it, and simply asked clearly: "Now the army is coming at full speed, right?

“......”

Gao Gong's mouth opened, and he felt that his throat was rather hoarse, as if something was blocked, and he couldn't say it.

This time, the Great Sui Empire dispatched the four heavenly kings, two famous generals, and the silver demon Pei Yuanqing, an army of tens of millions, spending countless money and grain to go on an eastward expedition, and now it has lost millions of troops, so it is withdrawn, not to mention others, Gao Gong himself can't say it.

"Evacuate now, not only will the results of this expedition be not great, but my country will be in danger!"

Gao Gong was silent, and Yu Juluo shook his head and sighed as he reminded. After a pause, he simply picked out and said:

"This time, our side underestimated the Eastern Capital and the Tang Army. From the old man's point of view, there are only two ways on our side now: first, gather military strength, storm the eastern capital again, force the Tang king, and occupy the eastern capital before the army arrives, so that the city can resist; second, send a large army to continue to attack Hangu Pass, which is the next strategy to attack the eastern capital without results, but it must be taken. Otherwise, in the face of leaving the country, our country will have no danger to defend, no city to rely on, and our country will be in danger!"

This Great Sui Eastern Expedition, taking advantage of the emptiness of the Tang Army, was quite smooth and fought from the western capital to the eastern capital. On the other hand, the departing army, which occupies most of the country, can also rely on a large number of soldiers and generals, and fight from the eastern capital to the western capital.

If the Great Sui Empire wants to compete with the country, the best choice is naturally to capture the eastern capital, and suppress the world with the eastern and western capitals. The secondary choice is to capture the three major Xiongguan (Hangu Pass, Pingjin Pass and Yique Pass) and block the leaving army from the pass.

Otherwise, the Great Sui Empire will be fully open to the departure of the army in the face of the departure army, so that the departure army can directly attack the Western Capital, which is not a good situation.

The Great Sui Empire in the Western Mountains at dusk, in the face of the departure of the country in the middle of the day, the pressure of the Great Sui civil and military forces was very great, and it was quite a tendency to survive, but many things had to be done.

After all, the days will pass, and we can't feel hopeless, so we can break the jar and break it, right? The Great Sui Empire is not without hope of a comeback.

Gao Gong thought for a while, looked at everyone and said: "The old man has an idea, he wants to transfer the Yin Shuai Qu general, sit in Pingjin and Yique Erguan, just in case, there are more and more spies who have left the army near the Erguan today, I am afraid that there is quite a plan." ”

Yin Shuai Qu General, now he is piling troops in the southeast and southeast, beware of the surprise attack of the departing army and the return of the Tang army guarding the pass, so naturally he cannot leave lightly.

Gao Gong's move is not a small risk, and naturally the kings agree, after all, the four kings of the Great Sui are equal.

"It's possible! However, do you still want to seal our army in the pass?

Yu Jura nodded in response, sneering at the end. After a pause, he looked at Gao Gong again and asked, "Gao Xiang's thoughts are obviously not just this, right?"

"The old man has sent someone to invite the Taiping King out of the mountain and let him lead an army to attack Hangu Pass. At the same time, it is hoped that King Zhenwu can lead an army to flank Hangu Pass. In any case, Hangu Pass must be taken, and it cannot be delayed any longer!"

Gao Gong nodded in response, and said with some amazement and resoluteness: "Our army, we can't retreat just yet! Even if we can't capture the eastern capital, we have to cripple the Tang army and show the prestige of our army. Otherwise, it will damage the morale of the army and the people, and it will be impossible to explain to the imperial court!"

The hearts of everyone present were terrified, Gao Gong deployed like this, and he felt a little like explaining the future, this is planning to shake the Eastern Capital at any cost!

"King Taiping?!Will he come out of the mountain?" It was He Ruobi, the king of Zhenwu, whose eyes lit up, and asked with suspicion.

Seriously speaking, the Great Sui Empire has ten kings of the Great Sui, not the nine kings of the Great Sui, in order to show perfection and prosperity.

It's a pity that not only did the ten kings of the Great Sui not succeed, but even the nine kings of the Great Sui also retired one after another, so that the national fortunes of the Great Sui gradually weakened, and finally fell into the current situation.

For the Nine Kings of the Great Sui, the two Sui emperors still took care of the old feelings and meritorious deeds, clearly listed the crimes, and secretly retired and handed over power.

King Taiping is the first emperor of the Great Sui Empire, Emperor Wen of Sui, the only king who ordered to be destroyed, it would be good if he didn't fall into the well, would he still go out of the mountain to help? )