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The Liang army captured Taiyuan, destroyed Jiahu Fort, and destroyed Huoyi. The gentle and iron cavalry rushed south in a large manner.

Xiao Buyi was in charge of the central army and commanded the army with Yuchi Gong. He went down the river and arrived at Taiping Pass.

Taiping Pass is at the northernmost part of the county, and the county is the southern end of the narrow and long Jushi Valley. It has always been an important step in Shanxi.

When the water flows from north to south to the county, it flows horizontally into the Yellow River to the west and divides a river to the east, which is water.

After passing the water, it goes south, nearly a hundred miles. Another stream of water flows from northeast to southwest. It passes through the county and goes to Hedong. It flows into the Yellow River.

The water is not deep. And the water Buddha.

Taiping Pass was not very good. When Li Yuan went south, he crossed Taiping Pass and went to Longmen. He crossed the Yellow River to Guanzhong. When Liu Wuzhou went south, he also broke Taiguan and arrived in the county. He turned to Hedong County. Taiping Pass|The war was in trouble. He had no time to repair it. It was broken and the wall was broken and full of desolation.

Xiao Buyi and Yuchi Gong joined forces again. After the Huo Fort collapsed, the city walls of Huoyi were destroyed. Liu Zhenghui saw that the opportunity was not good. He led his troops to abandon the city and fled south. He had already joined Li Jiancheng's army. Xiao Buyi easily broke Huoyi and killed hundreds of miles. He did not encounter any resistance. Although the south was smooth, Xiao Buyi did not look complacent at all. Looking at the decline of Taiping Pass, Xiao Buyi said: "General Yuchi. What I remember you have attacked Xia County and Anyi in the northeast of Hedong County?"

Yuchi Gong nodded and said, "The King of Xiliang remembered it well. After that, the army was short of food and grass. In addition, the Yanmen in Mayi was invaded by the Turks. Therefore, the family members were panicked. They all thought of returning to the north and returned to the north, resulting in failure."

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "If Liu Wuzhou had been, I don't know what would happen in the future?"

Yuchi Gong smiled bitterly and said, "It is difficult to conquer Guanzhong if it is taken down Hedong. Liu Wuzhou is not capable of doing anything without being kind and political. He is not even as good as Li Yuan." The implication is that he is even worse than Xiao Buyi.

"If Liu Wuzhou could defeat Guanzhong, we wouldn't have to work so hard right now." Xiao Bu said: "In fact, the benevolent government promoted by Li Yuan is almost the same as mine. His foundation in the past was very solid."

"In the past, Li Yuan's foundation was solid, but now he has led the wolf into the house and colluded with the Turks and Liaodong to make complaints. The mutiny in Taiyuan is a sign that as long as the King of Xiliang is still as steady as before, it will be a matter of time before that, it will be a matter of time before that, it will be a matter of time before."

Xiao Buyi smiled. He didn't know how to say it. Now he was very close to success. But he was confused and didn't know whether to explain this time and space phenomenon. Shake and no longer think about it. Xiao Buyi looked into the distance and said, "Taiping Pass will go south and you will soon reach Qiaoshan. Then we will have Li Jiancheng in the west and Li Shimin in the east." "If we attack Li Jian, Li Shimin should be aid. And vice versa." Yuchi Gong said, "You have to divide your troops to resist it. You will fall into endless consumption."

"They just hope that we can only win if we do this." Buyi said: "We will send troops in the spring. If we wait until summer and autumn, it will be rainy and rainy. If we cannot connect the county and Changping, all the grain will be transported on a long distance, which is extremely unfavorable."

"So one of the important things we are now is to open up the food channels before we can confront each other.

"Yuchi Gong said.

Xiao Buyi was silent for a long time. "It is not easy to open up the food channel, but some of the Tang army's troops were concentrated in the Qinshui and Shangdang Si of Baibiyicheng. It formed a defense line from west to east to northeast. The troops in Hedong County were empty. But even so, it was not easy to deal with Hedong." After thinking for a long time, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, we still have General Li."

Yuchi Gong smiled and said, "No, if General Li's plan is feasible, don't say that it is open to the food channel. Even if it is to kill the main force of the Tang army, it is not a problem. General Li's strange plans and ideas are not enough."

Xiao Buyi suddenly said something strange at this time. "According to the news, we will have to spend a while before we can prepare the ships we need."

Yuchi Gong was not surprised and nodded, "General Xu should be preparing ships at the same time when he was fighting."

Xiao Buyi sighed and said, "In addition to waiting for the successor army to make sufficient preparations, we also have to show the Tang army a scene. General Yuchi, Li Jiancheng, you attack Baibi, and Li Shimin, I attack Yicheng. I wonder what you think?"

Yuchi responded: "The last one will obey the order."

The Xiliang army left Taiping Pass, and the troops were pressed down. The troops were divided into two groups. First, they set up a camp on the west bank of the water to confront Li Jiancheng Baibi Army. Then they set up a camp at the intersection of water and water.

Yuchi Gong sent troops to fight. Jiancheng saw that Xiliang arrived and could not stand.

When Liu Wuzhou went south, the cypress walls were already deep and high. Now that the Tang army has strengthened its defenses, it can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Li Jiancheng has no idea. He thought that Yuchi Gong used a crossbow or a crossbow chariot. He attacked the whole thing.

Yuchi Gong just bluffed and suppressed the Tang army and was not in a hurry to attack after sending troops. He refused to make a loss.

Li Jiancheng responded to changes with constant change. Behind him is Longmen, near the Yellow River Ferry, and later there is Guanzhong. With Li Yuan's support, there is no need to be afraid of the Xiliang Army. You must know that Li Shimin also responded to Liu Wuzhou in this way back then. But Li Jiancheng was of course a little confused. That is, the Xiliang Army's way of setting up camp was a bit strange. According to his idea, the Xiliang Army would approach Baibi and the Yicheng side to fight against the Tang Army respectively. As long as the stalemate came, everything would develop according to expectations. But in this way, the horns were not horns. What is the medicine sold in the Xiliang Army's gourd? Although Li Jiancheng was confused, he just hoped that Li Shimin would be like him and would not be able to come out.

Li Shimin was also as confused as Li Jian.

The one who attacked Yicheng was Xiao Bu's tribe. When Li Shimin saw the big flag of the word "Xiao" fluttering in the wind, he felt indescribable pain in his heart.

He personally led his troops out of Yicheng. The city was formed by horns. When he saw Xiao Buyi attacking in person, he really wanted to decide the outcome with him again. But he wisely told him that the Tang army could no longer afford to lose. He could not afford to lose.

The generals of Tang looked at the King of Qin. He decided that Li Shimin saw Xiao Buyi bringing dozens of powerful generals and hundreds of personal guards pointing in front of the camp and chatting and laughing. Finally, he resisted the impulse to rush out to fight to the decisive battle and ordered: "No, I order those who go out without permission to behead them."

This sentence was said once when Liu Wuzhou was duel. Li Shimin hoped that this time would be effective.

The Tang army could not stand firm and fight in every way, but there was no way to do so. He even followed the example of the way back then and gave a set of women's clothes to Tang. But it was still useless. The army on both sides persisted for more than a month. During this period, the Western army continued to kill from Qushi Valley to the county.

From west to east to north to the county, the county was filled with the army of the Western Liang and Li Tang.

The Western Liang Army challenged Li Tang several times to avoid fighting.

He no longer took the initiative to attack. He just divided his troops along the left and right lines to go to the camp. The horns of the Biyi City were formed. The Xiliang Army undoubtedly stabbed in with a sharp knife and temporarily cut off the connection between Baibi and Yicheng.

Shimin was secretly shocked when he saw it. He thought to himself that from the current lineup, Xiao Buyi's army had arrived this time|ten thousand people. Of course, is there more? Li Shimin was not aware of it. The Luliang Mountains and Taiwu Mountains were continuous: the Jushishi Valley were crossed. The Xiliang Army's more troops were in Jushishi Valley. There was a lot of guard. Although Li Shimin sent people to the Xiliang Army to find out the news, he was unable to turn around. Even those who returned by luck did not know much about the current military force in Xiliang. The only thing that made Li Shimin a little relieved was that the situation was developing in the direction they expected.

Li Tang wanted to be in a stalemate. As a result, the Western Liang army did start to be in a stalemate. But would this stalemate have the expected result of the Tang army? Li Shimin was unsure.

The two armies stalemates and reached late spring and early summer.

The Western Liang army was in spring until early summer. The strong foundation of the Western Liang army was undoubtedly revealed during this period. The Western Liang army has been fighting, but few attacked someone and sent more than 100,000 troops. Even when they fought against Dou Jiande and Xiao Buyi, they used very little troops to defeat their opponents. This time, they looked at Li Tang and Tang Army Eyes | More than 300,000 troops gathered in Hedong. The Western Liang army was extremely cautious. It seemed that they would also reach this number.

On this day, Li Shi was working with the generals in the camp to study the situation repeatedly and analyze the real intention of the Western Liang army. Some soldiers reported: "Reported to the King of Qin. The Western Liang army led by Xiao Buyi has gone to Wenxi County. Going southwest and heading straight to Hedong."

"Who is leading the army?"

"I heard it was Xiao Buyi." The soldier was not sure.

Shimin frowned secretly. He thought that Xi County was the southernmost county. Although the Xiliang army in Changping had not broken through Li Xuanba's blockade, the Xiliang army's reinforcements from Queshi Valley seemed endless. Sooner or later, it would divide the Tang army in Hedong in the county into three parts. If they were to join forces, they would be isolated in Yicheng again. Not only did he lead his troops, even Li Xuanba and Li Shentong behind him, they were also to become an isolated army. So when this came, wouldn't it be a recurrence of the situation in Youzhou?

Changsun Hengan also wrinkled heavily and said, "The power of the Qin King is a bit bad. We are now in a passive position. We originally wanted to be stalemate with them, but judging from their troops, we will soon form a siege against Yicheng. If they only surround and not fight, and at the same time cut off the ties between Hedong County and Shangdang, we and Shangdang's food and grass will be sold out soon and there will be no support. The situation is really worse than in Youzhou."

Shimin was touched by him and pondered.

Liu Hongji asked, "What do we do according to Mr. Sun's meaning? How should we deal with it?" Although he didn't know that Changsun Shunde was dead, he did not return late. Changsun Heng'an undoubtedly became the representative of the Changsun family.

Changsun Heng'an sighed: "When the Xiliang army was short of military strength, I actually wanted to suggest taking the initiative. We cannot wait for them to come. It was just that the Qin King was defeated. The strategy of sticking to the prince was proposed. I am just afraid that the Qin King would take the initiative to attack and make the emperor dissatisfied."

Liu Hongji was silent for a while. Nai said, "Mr. Changsun's considerations make sense. But he always thinks like this. Where can we focus on fighting?"

Shimin and Changsun Hengan have been alone for a long time. They know that he is in a dilemma and are also thinking about himself. They sighed: "Actually, the situation is over."

Duan Zhixuan shouted loudly: "The King of Qin is such a bad word. I think we still have 300,000 people in Hedong. Guanzhong is even more occupied. Why give up easily?"

At present, the three people who were discussing with Li Shimin were Changsun Hengan Liu Hongji and Duan Zhixuan. These three people were Li Shimin's confidants. He spoke without hesitation. Li Shimin was blamed by Duan Zhixuanming. He also had an unyielding heart in secret. He was also moved. The big reason for his depression was not because of the strength of the Western Liang Army. He felt that his future was vague.

Whether it is a victory or defeat in this battle, Li Shimin is not Li Yuan's son in the end.

Shaking his head and waving the depressed thought in his heart. Li Shimin thought that no matter what the truth is, he treats himself well. Besides, he really thought that Xiao Buyi once he refused to admit it. He would be inferior to Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi was in the midst of the times - only today's achievements. Li Shimin always held his hands. Now the opportunity comes to his eyes again. Of course, he fought again.

Changsun Hengan only looked at Li Shimin's face and saw his face blue and blue. Sometimes he was depressed and sometimes excited. He didn't know what Li Shimin wanted for a while?

Huo Ran looked up and Li Shimin asked for advice: "Heng'an. What should we do now as you see?"

Changsun Heng'an said: "Xiao Buyi bullies us and dare not send troops. He then drove south and attacked Hedong County. The King of Qin should also know that our army is mostly in Baibiyi City and Dang San. The King of Wei has a heavy responsibility and is not too 20,000 soldiers." When Li Shimin heard this, he thought it would be good to have 20,000 troops. Since the emperor had already aroused suspicion, of course he would not let Xuanba take control of the heavy troops. Changsun Heng'an continued: "It's all me here'|I don't say it. Hedong's troops are only tens of thousands and there are few

After a tough battle, if Xiao Buyi attacked him, I was afraid that Hedong County would be in chaos and a pot of porridge. The world was like chess. If Xiao Buyi was in a row, he would inevitably form a big dragon. In Yicheng. Hedong Baibi San did whatever he wanted, but we were increasingly isolated and unable to reverse the decline. In fact, Xiao Buyi led his troops into the river. He was already alone and had enough food and grass. We should cut off the back. Besieged Xiao Buyi's troops in Hedong County and waited for an opportunity to kill him. This was the purpose of the stalemate. But I wonder why the prince still kept his troops?"

"The prince presses - moves. But we can send troops." Duan Zhixuan said.

Liu Hongji smiled bitterly and said, "Behind the prince is Guanzhong. Of course, he can hold his troops without moving. Behind us is the mountains. There are also the King Yongkang and King Wei who are as embarrassed as us. Naturally, they cannot be compared."

Shimin was moved by his heart. What Changsun Heng'an said was very correct. You must know that let Xiao Buyi go deeper and take the opportunity to cut off his retreat. It was the way to discuss the issue. Now the opportunity has come. If he doesn't send troops, wouldn't he miss the opportunity? But if he is defeated, Li Jiancheng ordered the troops to be sent without authorization. If he is defeated, he will probably have no position in the eyes of his father.

While he was hesitating, some soldiers hurriedly reported to the King of Qin that there were few Western Liang troops in front of Yicheng. As far as spies knew, most of them had poured into Hedong County."

Liu Hongji suggested: "King Qin. This should be our opportunity. The soldiers of Xiliang who are heading south at the moment should be around 30,000. If the king allows, the last general is willing to lead 50,000 troops. The Douxiliang army is in its rear route. It will join Qin Wutong in Hedong County to kill Xiao Buyi's army. The Qin King can contact the prince. Attack the Xiliang army in the water. It is not difficult to defend Baibiyi City. I'|The purpose at the moment is to cut off the Xiliang army's way back to the north and block the Bishu Valley.

Just go south to rescue the Xiliang army entering Hedong."

Duan Zhixuan also said excitedly: "What the general said is that the opportunity must not be missed. No more come. Look forward and look back. It is difficult to achieve success in the end."

What the second general said was actually consistent with Shimin's wishes. But he was still a little worried and asked Changsun Heng'an: "Heng'an. What is the result if we send troops?"

Changsun Hengan thought for a long time and then said, "King of Qin. I think this plan is feasible. Even if we cannot kill our opponents, we can still withdraw Yicheng. The only thing we need to be prepared for now is that our army attacks the rear route of the Xiliang army, which will cause Yicheng to be empty. If the Xiliang army conquered Yicheng, it will be no benefit. So as long as we can defend Yicheng and send troops, even if we are useless, there is no fault."

Shimin finally made up his mind. "Okay, let's contact the prince. Send troops first. Hongji'an. You two stayed at Yicheng and waited for me to turn around. Do you have confidence?"

Changsun Heng'an said: "It is not easy to fight the Xiliang army. You must defend here. There will be no problems."

Liu Hongji said: "Wang, as the chief general, you are not good at trauma, why not let me lead the army?"

Shimin shook his head and said, "The position of a commoner is more respectful than me. I have come here in person? I have two intentions to lead the army. One is to boost morale. The most important point is that if my father blames me, I will take responsibility." After he said this, everyone could only join forces with Li Shimin quickly. He went south through the water and let the roar go to Baibi to report to Li Jiancheng. He was eager to go on the war. In addition to the two reasons he mentioned, there was also the most important reason. That was to use this battle to regain the decline.-Create prestige.

When Li Jiancheng arrived at the news, he couldn't help but lose his grimace and stomped his feet and said, "How could Shimin send troops without my order?"

Qu Tutong also frowned and said, "The Tai. The Xiliang army suddenly went deep into Hedong County alone and was afraid of fraud."

Li Jiancheng said worriedly: "Xiao Buyi uses military intelligence and suddenly knows how to use military operations and moves with dangerous moves. He must have some plans."

Both of them felt that it was inappropriate for civilians to lead troops to pursue them. But for a moment, they didn't know what Xiao Buyi intended.

Wen Dalin said: "In fact, I feel that what the King of Qin does is not bad. You must know that Xiao Buyi's army suddenly went south and poured into Hedong's grain supply. If we cooperated with the King of Qin and firmly clamped their revolving road, we might starve Xiao Buyi's army to death in Hedong. The prince should not be conservative in the use of troops. Xiao Buyi is a man or not a god. Perhaps he was also arrogant and careless, just thinking that we would never dare to send troops. Then he went south to Hedong."

The ministers were talking about it. One was hard to decide.

Li Jiancheng's mind flew around. He knew that the arrow was on the string. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, the general's intention, to lead the troops southward and to the water.

Qu Tu Channel: "The old minister obeys the order. I only ask too much to stick to the camp to be the old minister's subordinates."

Li Jiancheng nodded repeatedly. On the one hand, he assigned personnel to cooperate with Li Shimin's actions. On the other hand, he took the initiative to attack the Xiliang army and involved their troops.

After Qu Tutong led his troops across the river, soldiers arrived and said, "Crown Prince, something is not good."

Li Jiancheng's heart trembled. "What's it?"

The soldier said: "Listen to the report from Yan'an army. Li Jing led his cavalry to cross the Yellow River south. Within a few days, he traveled thousands of miles. He went south from Yulin and rushed into Shuofang. He rushed to attack the Liang Shidu headquarters. Liang Du was caught off guard and was attacked by Li. Now the Shidu abandoned Shuofang and fled west. Li Jing has already approached Diaoyin County."

Li Jiancheng was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Is the news true?"

The soldier said: "The news of the prince is true. The Yan'an defenders have urgently reported to Chang'an. Please ask the emperor to decide."

Li Jiancheng felt a stream of blood surged up to his head, his eyes turned black, and he sat down slowly. He couldn't come back to his senses for a moment. He knew that this love could not be described as a bad thing. It could be said that it was terrible.

You should know that Guanzhong was originally a four-pass. The four-pass means that Guanzhong is the Yellow River in the east. There are Longshan in the west and Qinling in the south. The Qinling in the north is formed by mountains such as Longshan and Luliang Mountain. Because of the concise momentum of Guanzhong, it can be invisibly guarded by millions of troops. Therefore, Guanzhong is called king and takes advantage of it. Attack and retreat are unique. But relatively speaking, the Qinling and Yellow River are very reliable. The square Taiyu is a little weaker.

But there has always been a Liang Shidu headquarters in the north as a buffer. In the north, there are Turks. Turks are the main nomadic people. They burned, killed, plundered and plundered the northern counties. They even fought Tianshui and Yan'an and other counties. But the Turks had no long-term plans after all. After being satisfied, they would return north. After Li Yuan became emperor, he first fought against Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou. He was instantly strangled with Xiao Buyi and had no heavy troops to siege Liang. Xiao Buyi used the power of the upstart. It can be said that he would quell all the peasant army uprisings in the world. Li Yuan had been fighting against Guanlong clans. Not everyone had the idea of ​​unifying the world. The ambition of Liang Shidu was much worse than that of Li Yuan and Xiao Buyi. Since the Shuofang ceremony, he had only wanted to settle in a corner and be a local emperor.

Although the north was not stable, the Liang army and the Turks used as buffers. Li Yuan kept focusing on Hedong. Although he was prepared, he was all set to defend against the Liang army. He never expected that Li Jing's combat plan was simply imaginative. He was like a stroke of a god. After attacking the Turkic army, he was not satisfied. He actually fought behind the Liang army again.

Not only Li Yuan, even his troops, thought that the East would fight with all his strength in Guanzhong and fight against Hedong. He would not create another strong enemy. He did not dare to fight against Liang troops in Guanlong at the same time. But no one expected that Li Jing would go north and cross the Yellow River. Then he went south to sneak attack Shuofang.

The Turks could not have imagined Li Zhi. The Turks were defeated. The Liang army could not have imagined that the Western Liang army would have started a war against them. The Liang army was defeated and fled.

Li Jing defeated the Liang army's capital.-No obstacles, and drove straight down. The troops forced Diaoyin County. As long as they went to Yan'an again, the troops were approaching Liangshan, and the breaking point was taken to Longmen Pass. The Western Liang army could bypass Hedong and attack Chang'an.
Chapter completed!