.

Xuanba finally wants to lead the army./快.

He wanted to come up with a dignified soldier and fight with Xiao Buyi to help Li Tang resolve the crisis.

Li Xuanba's request didn't sound too much, and it could even be said to be anxious about what Li Yuan was anxious about, thinking about what Li Yuan thought, but Li Yuan's expression was a little strange. He asked back, as if he didn't want Li Xuanba to lead his troops.

When Li Xuanba heard Li Yuan’s inquiry, he said word by word: “My son can make a military order. If Hedong cannot win, come and see you!” He said very seriously, and Li Yuan laughed instead, “Xuanba, you are so serious. I actually… I just want to see your confidence. With your words, I will feel at ease to let you lead. Okay, you can go back and rest for now, and I will consider it and then give you a reply.”

Li Xuanba's eyes flashed, and he didn't say much. He stood up and wanted to leave the palace. Li Yuan said, "Where are you turning back suddenly, where are you living?"

"The Prince's Mansion is very generous. I am quite familiar with Xiaogong, so I can go there to rest. The emperor doesn't have to worry about the emperor. If I send troops, I will be alone and I won't have to prepare any mansion." Li Xuanba replied.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Of course this is not possible. Okay, you will rest in the Prince's Mansion today. I miss you and Xiaogong... I probably have a lot to say. Tomorrow... The Prince's Mansion must be prepared. It is convenient for you to go back and forth, so no need to... like this."

Li Xuanba bowed and bowed and said, "Thank you, Master."

Li Yuan smiled slightly and waved his hand to signal Li Xuanba to retreat.

At this time, the east was already white. Li Yuan yawned and his eyebrows were locked. He supported his chin with his hands and did not go to rest. When the rooster sang, a palace servant hurried in and knelt down and reported, "Master, the prince is back."

Li Yuan was excited. "Quick pass."

When Li Jiancheng entered the palace, he was in a state of turmoil. After seeing Li Yuan, he knelt down and bowed to him. "Jiancheng met his father."

Li Yuan smiled and helped his son up and said, "Jiancheng. You are back so fast."

Li Jiancheng said: "The father ordered my son to turn around quickly and let our army slowly turn back to Tongguan. My son was afraid that something would happen. He whipped the horse and ordered Qu Tutong to deal with the rest of the matter. Shangshu Qu was safe and he should ensure that our army was safe. However, Murong Xiao and Qiansan generals were defeated in Xiangyang and only brought more than a hundred people to turn around."

Li Yuan sighed. "I was careless for a moment and caused a crushing defeat today. The blame lies with me."

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said, "Why did your father say this? If you say something wrong, it is because the child underestimated the strength of Xiangyang and caused the loss of troops."

Li Yuan took his son's hand and said, "If it's the same as Jiancheng, why worry about the uncertainty of the world?" He was moved and saw Li Jiancheng's desire to speak but stopped, frowned and said, "Jiancheng, do you have any worries?"

Li Jiancheng hesitated and said, "I heard from the palace servants that my father met King Wei last night...that is, Xuanba?"

Li Yuan said: "Yes, Xuanba's story is a long story." Seeing Li Jiancheng's expression of longing for knowledge, Li Yuan said: "In fact, it's simple to say. In order to consolidate the country, Yang Guang had aspired to kill all the people in the Li family. Although his father was a cousin with him, he was in danger."

"I know all this..." Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he knew that his father was good to him, so he did not reveal it.

Li Yuan retreated to the dragon chaise and sat down, signaling Li Jiancheng to sit beside him, "For the rest of my life... I can win the world, I care about the word "tolerance". But at that time I could no longer bear it. Back then, you and Shimin, Chai Shao, Caiyu went to save the robbed girl..."

"Dad, do you know everything?" Li Jiancheng said in surprise.

Li Yuan patted his son's hand and said, "Jiancheng, I actually like your heroic and loyalty."

"But the person who killed Li Min's son might be Xiao Buyi." Li Jiancheng said: "We didn't notice it at first, but later we all guessed it was him."

"It's over and it's over. It doesn't matter who it is." Li Yuan frowned and said, "But it was a bit risky back then, but fortunately, you have grown a lot over the years. Li Min heard the descriptions of the servants at that time, and the son met during the day, he had already been pregnant with you. But he was very scheming and did not endure it. Xuanba and I both understood this, and we were deeply trapped in the whirlpool of Dongdu. We knew that whether Li Min was in power or Yang Guang was in power, the Li family would be unable to get it. Only then did Xuanba come up with a plan to help Yang Guang, eliminate Li Min's land, and then pretend to die to win Yang Guang's mercy, so that we can escape from Dongdu to avoid disaster, so that the Li family can be safe and have the foundation today."

Li Jiancheng said: "Every time I think of Xuanba's actions, I am very grateful. He is not dead, that's great." Li Jiancheng expressed his true feelings and was very excited. A worry flashed in Li Yuan's eyes and he forced a smile: "Yes, that's great."

"Then why didn't Xuanba come back later?" Li Jiancheng understood after asking, "If Yang Guang is not dead, Xuanba cannot come back, otherwise it would be a crime of deceiving the king. But... After Yang Guang's death, why did his father let him hide behind the scenes? Shimin... and me are still very sad every time they talk about Xuanba."

Li Yuan said: "There are many reasons why Xuanba cannot come out. But let it go over the past things, don't say too much." He silenced his son's confusion and said in a deep voice: "Building, many things, I don't know that it may be a good thing. But now Xuanba has come back..."

"Father, I heard that Xue Ju, Shi Bi, Dou Jiande's death was related to Xuanba, but it was true?" Li Jiancheng couldn't help asking.

Li Yuan coughed and said, "The relationship is always a little bit, but without the bloody battle between you and Shimin, the death of Xue Ju and the others would be of no use. Although this country requires strategy, it always needs soldiers to defeat it inch by inch."

Li Jiancheng was confused, but he was not inconvenient to ask more questions. Li Yuan said again: "After Xuanba turned around, the strategy proposed coincided with me. He asked you to turn around and lead your army to reinforce Languan, but he didn't know that his father had ordered you to turn around long ago. Xuanba wanted to lead the army to fight Hedong, and I had agreed to him."

"Where is Xuanba now?" Li Jiancheng asked, "I want to meet him."

"He is... in Xiaogong's place, and he and Xiaogong are very good. I guess they have something to talk about." Li Yuan said slowly: "Kangcheng, you are tired from traveling day and night, so you can rest early. After you get up, prepare for the Languan business soon."

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Son of the Lord." Li Xuanba's resurrection was actually a happy event for the Li family, but Li Yuan did not let him see Li Xuanba, which was somewhat unreasonable. But Li Jiancheng knew that his father had most of his deep meaning and dared not disobey.

Just when he was about to say goodbye, Li Yuan called out: "Building, Languan is a little crowded."

"Yes." Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "The terrain is narrow, with a hundred thousand troops there. If you add me, I'm afraid there will be no place to turn around." He said exaggeratedly, but he also expressed the embarrassment of Lan Pass. Sometimes it doesn't necessarily work if there are too many soldiers. How to exert the maximum combat power of the troops in your hands is what the commander should consider.

"You can station troops on Bashang and look at Lan Pass from afar." Li Yuan gave a suggestion: "Actually, in my opinion, a hundred thousand troops guarding Lan Pass are already a huge sum of money.

, You go back to rescue and temporarily stabilize the morale of the army. If possible, this army can be used on the Hedong battlefield!"

"But isn't Xuanba going to lead the army in Hedong?" Li Jiancheng asked in confusion.

Li Yuan said: "Xuanba and Shentong are afraid that they are not worth enough. In fact, if you follow my plan, Xiao Buyi knows that you will withdraw your troops and knows that Languan insists on it, you will definitely increase your troops in Hedong. Perhaps... Xiao Buyi will personally conquer Hedong. At that time, Xuanba, you, plus Shimin, will fight back from Hebei. If you can annihilate the main force of the Eastern Capital, you can save the defeat."

Li Jiancheng said with relief: "It turns out that my father had long been a long-term plan, and the child obeyed the instructions! But is Hebei going to give up?"

Li Yuan lowered his voice, "Hebei will not give up. Jiancheng, let me tell you something for my father. Liaodong King Jianwu has always contacted us and is interested in sending troops. My father has promised him that if I can help me defeat Xiao Buyi and unify the world, I will divide the land of Youzhou and the King of Liaodong."

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Father, you first use the Turkic troops to go south, and then contact Liaodong, I'm afraid..."

Li Yuan said calmly: "Dormal the world first, then discuss other things. Then say that Youzhou can be sent. When you are by your time, why don't you get it back? Jiancheng, you are not afraid of being a father, but I just hope that you can inherit your wish as a father, unify the world, and then attack Liaodong and Turks. But... that should be a long way off. As for Xuanba, I have a conclusion, you... don't go too close to him."

Li Jiancheng felt his father's respect and sighed in his heart, so he had to say, "Jiancheng knows."

**

Li Yuan and Xiao Buyi were actually well-known. He expected that when Xiao Buyi came to Hedong, Xiao Buyi was indeed ready to send troops to Hedong.

Li Jing attacked and broke two passes in a row. Li Jiancheng was forced to retreat to Tongguan. After the news of his transfer to Languan reached the Dongdu, all officials and people in the Dongdu were in full swing. The Li Tang army was approaching, and the Dongdu was regarded as fish in countless times, but the King of Xiliang was like a mainstay, and he was in charge of the Dinghai magic needle, defeating the enemy's fierce attacks again and again.

Dongdu can be said to have grown up in hardships, and Dongdu is united like never before.

When Xiao Buyi learned that Li Jing had broken through Wu Pass, he was very happy and immediately thought of what Li Jing said in his letter, "If Wu Pass is broken, the pass must be cut down. If Lan Pass is broken, it is easy to break, but if Guanzhong is difficult to attack Guanzhong, the military and civilians are united. Although the Tang army has no danger to defend, our army will lose more troops and lose their generals, and the gain will not be worth the loss. If one battle fails, it will only destroy its spirit. It is better to face Guanzhong in front of Hupanlan Pass, and the troops are at the city, pointing at Xijing. The Tang army must be panicked and have no intention of fighting. The last general should gather troops in Lan Pass, temporarily feint attack to attract its main force and prevent the Tang army from coming to help Hedong. The King of Xiliang can gather heavy troops and win in Hedong! If Hedong wins, Guanzhong will be defeated!'

The center of the battlefield has quietly moved.

Originally, three places were fighting, but because Li Jing raided Wuguan, the battlefield was immediately moved to Hedong.

Li Jing’s meaning sounds complicated and simple, that is, Guanzhong is stable at the moment, and a surprise attack is OK, but there is actually no certainty to win if it is better to conquer Chang'an. You should stop when you see it. You should not greed for success and advance lightly. Since this is the case, it is better to waste Li Yuan so that Li Yuan is uncomfortable. At the same time, it involves Li Tang’s troops so that they cannot fight or leave. However, Xiao Buyi can gather his troops to capture Shanxi and take Hedong. The terrain of Guanzhong has become a shackle, which is the momentum of catching turtles in a jar.

Xu Shiji applauded Li Jing's plan, but how to attack Hedong was still something that Dongdu was considering.

Li Jing did not give a clear plan for the specific attack on Hedong, but only said four words to adapt to the situation!

Xu Ji followed Li Jing and knew that these four words were considered the essence of Li Jing's military strategy.

Li Jing pays attention to the delay, adapts to the situation, and formulates strike strategies based on the enemy situation. It is not clear how Guanzhong responds clearly. It is better to make a rigid plan to make Xiao Buyi flexibly.

Xu Ji also understood that Li Jing was also a question given to him, testing his ability. Expanding the Hedong map, Xu Shiji calmly said: "There are three ways to take Hedong now. Should we focus on breakthroughs or attack together? It is not until the commerce of the commerce industry."

Xiao Buyi touched his jaw with a hard needle-like beard and smiled and said, "Don't worry, the old saying goes, everything is ready, and everything is a waste, and it is not a bad thing to prepare more and think more."

"Li Jiancheng has retreated to Tongguan and has given up hundreds of miles of area in front of Tongguan. Now our first path is to force the Yellow River and attack Hedong County."

Xiao Buyi looked at the map and said, "There are mostly mountains and ridges in this section, and it is not easy to march. The only Fengling Du is close to Tongguan. If you want to attack for a strong force, you will be attacked from all sides and will be killed."

Xu Ji nodded, "The second way is to attack Shangdang from Changping. Since ancient times, it has been said that 'Be able to see Shangdang and look at the Central Plains'. We will do the opposite. If we can break Shangdang, it will be no longer difficult to seize Taiyuan. However, Shangdang's terrain is rugged and the Tang soldiers in Jiangjun are restrained. Li Shenfu divided his troops into two groups. General Pei is now just defending Changping, deep ditches and high bases. Hedong is the top priority of Li Yuan. He is hoarding heavy troops. If we take Taiyuan from Shangdang, or attack Jiang County from Qinshui, we will definitely be subject to extremely strong impedance."

Xiao Buyi pondered: "Although this road is difficult, it is easy to replenish supplies. If you attack Jiang County, you will be afraid that the battle will be extremely difficult. After all, it is a barrier across the river in Guanzhong, saving food, but losing troops."

"Yes, if you don't take these two roads, the third road is of course the troops will leave Hebei, pass through Taihang Mountain and fight to Taiyuan. Hengshan County has been occupied by us, and Jing|guan is also in the hands of our army. If you take this road to attack Taiyuan, cooperate with General Li to develop a land-breaking crossbow and a catapult, it will not be difficult to destroy Taiyuan City!"

Xu Ji obviously also knew the power of the city-breaking crossbow, and was very confident in this kind of siege weapon.

Xiao Buyi frowned and said nothing, pondering something.

Xu Ji first expressed his thoughts, "Compared with Jiang County, Taiyuan is the base of Li Tang, but it is quite far away. According to my calculations, Guanzhong has sent at least 400,000 troops, scattered in various places. General Li attacked the three passes, and stabbed Guanzhong like a sharp knife, and could at least restrain Li Tang's 200,000 troops. Because Xijing is the capital and has a large army, Li Yuan must not send all the troops out to fight. On the one hand, we must guard against us, and on the other hand, we must guard against Liang Shidu. In this case, the troops that eliminate Hebei are not counted. The combined forces of Jiang County, Shangdang and Taiyuan are only 200,000 troops.

”

Xiao Buyi said: "If we can wipe out all the troops in Hedong, we will not be able to deal with heavy damage to Li Tang!"

Xu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "It is of course the best if we can wipe out all of them, but the difficulty is extraordinary. In that case, we will have to dispatch at least 400,000 troops, which is very risky."

Xiao Buyi pondered for a long time, "There is no rush to fight in Hedong at the moment. In fact, the most important thing is how to deal with the Turks."

"Have they sent troops?" Xu Shiji was shocked.

Xiao Buyi said: "The latest news, profit has been gathered

In Dingxiang, Yang Zhengdao was appointed as the emperor and called himself the King of Sui. Ke Dun helped her revival the Sui family, and then joined forces with him."

"This old woman doesn't know what she is thinking." Xu Shiji frowned and said, "Yang Zhengdao is just Yang's posthumous son, and she has not yet dried up. She has made Yang Zhengdao the Lord of Sui, but she wants to follow the example of the daughter-in-law of that year?"

Xiao Buyi sneered, "It seems that she will not be long. Shiji, if you adopt your third method, as long as General Qin drags down Li Shimin's army, it will be not difficult for us to capture Taiyuan. But now we need to consider that if the Turkic soldiers suddenly move south, we will be attacked from both sides and the situation is not good."

Xu Ji also frowned and murmured: "How many troops will they send?"

Xiao Buyi shook his head, "I don't know yet, but I heard that Dingxiang has at least 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry."

"The border is going to suffer again." Xu Shiji sighed: "These troops went south, burning, killing, and looting, and it is inevitable."

"But if there are really tens of thousands of soldiers, food and grass are also a problem." Xiao Buyi said: "The Turks do not produce and make a living by plundering. We must start from this weakness."

Xu Ji was in a state of spirit, "If you can conquer Taiyuan by lightning, you will have to seize the spring wheat, strengthen the walls and clear the fields. Fight against the Turkic soldiers and cut off their ties with the Tang army and the local areas. If the Turkic soldiers have no food, they will definitely turn around."

Xiao Buyi nodded before saying something. A soldier arrived in a hurry, "Report to the King of Xiliang and Secretary Yu to see him."

Xiao Buyi was stunned, "Yu Shinan?"

Xu Ji felt aroused and wanted to ask, did Pei Mingcui turn around? Pei Mingcui went to the grassland to rescue Yu Shinan, and rescued Yu Shinan with one trick, but was trapped in Lingte Mountain by Li's army. After that, news came only once, saying that he was safe and sound. Xiao Buyi sent someone to help, but he couldn't contact him, but he didn't hear Li grabbing them. Therefore, he was extremely worried, but he didn't expect Yu Shinan to suddenly return to Dongdu.

After receiving a positive reply from the soldiers, Xiao Buyi saw Xu Shiji's face and asked for him: "Are there anyone else besides Yu Shinan?"

"There is another guard." The soldier replied.

Xu Ji was a little disappointed, and was eager to see Yu Shinan to ask about the situation. Xiao Buyi and him went out of the house to greet him. Seeing Yu Shinan from afar, Xiao Buyi strode over and grabbed his hand and said, "Shinan, you want me to die."
To be continued...