After hearing that Li Shimin was stationed in Baibi, Wen Yanbo explained: "Baibi is located in Jiang County, which just cut off the connection between our army from Linfen County to Hedong County and Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao."

As Wen Yanbo said, Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao were in the south, while Li Chongjiu came from Jinyang to the north. Li Chongjiu wanted to open up Hedong and had to meet with Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao after Bai Bi defeated Li Shimin's 30,000 elite troops.

Wen Yanbo bowed and said to Li Chongjiu: "Now the Tang army is stationed in Baibi, it is undoubtedly necessary to cut off the relationship between the north and the south, first south and then north, eliminate Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao, and then lead troops north to fight with me."

Wen Yanbo continued to say: "Reported to Duke Shanggu, our progress in Bingzhou is now smooth. First, the Jinyang defense generals took inappropriate measures and our army's power to win the lead, and second, it is because Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao restrained part of the energy of the Tang army."

"I think Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao must be saved."

"Not so, do you really think that our army is now sure to seize the entire Hedong? Li Shimin is stationed in Baibi, and may be waiting for his leisure to lure us out of Jinyang to fight him!" Ji Chuan shouted loudly.

After hearing Ji Chuan's words, Wang Mahan said disdainfully: "What's there to be afraid of when the decisive battle? Now the brothers have broken through several states in a row. The entire Tang army in Hedong was defeated by us. The brothers are screaming from top to bottom. The Tang army will destroy as much as the Tang army comes. Just take this opportunity and simply cross the Yellow River and pull down the old man Li Yuan from Chang'an City, and let me teach him how to be a human being."

After Wang Mahan spoke, the generals present laughed.

Yuchi Gong was silent, and the rest were like Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun and other young generals, but they were all eager to try.

The successive victory and the breaking of the city and the landing of the state gave Li Chongjiu and other generals very high confidence.

Seeing that the generals were like this, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but look happy, but Ji Chuan was still saying: "Don't think about it anymore. Li Yuan is a hero of the world and has 200,000 soldiers under his command. In addition to Li Xiaogong going south to attack Bashu, Li Shimin this time was equivalent to leading the troops of Li Tang to fight us."

"It was a lucky chance that our army would take advantage of the decisive battle between his main force and Xue Ju. If we go south to fight with Li Shimin now, then the teacher will definitely be exhausted and defeated if the food and supplies are not enough."

Yuchi Gong shook his head and said, "Langzhong Ji, our army has obtained a lot of food and grass this time, which is enough to support the army for several months. You don't have to worry about this for the time being."

Xue Wanche, on the side, also spoke: "It's cold and cold right now. Although it's very cold, our army's 60,000 soldiers grew up in bitter and cold places like the Youzhou Grassland. If we talk about winter battles, we will definitely be better than the Tang army."

All the military generals opposed Ji Chuan's opinions. Ji Chuan seemed to be alone here. He bowed to Li Chongjiu and said, "Our army is now occupying Bingzhou, and its foundation is unstable. Once there is a loss in a battle, the whole situation will inevitably collapse."

"Enough!"

"Speak alarmist!" the generals scolded one after another.

Ji Chuan glanced at the generals and asked Wen Yanbo: "What do you think, Changshi Wen?"

This time, the civil officials who accompanied Li Chongjiu to the south were Ji Chuan, Wen Yanbo and Xue Wanshu. Now the military generals all advocated a decisive battle between Bai Bi and Li Shimin. Ji Chuan had no choice but to seek help from Wen Yanbo, and Xue Wanshu was now in Taicang in the city. He counted the food and supplies to be sent to the front line.

Wen Yanbo glanced at Ji Chuan, hesitated for a while, and said, "Donald Shanggu, I thought that if I let Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao go, I would have been defeated by each other. But if I went south to rescue, Li Shimin would be attacked from both sides. So I thought I could try a battle."

Hearing this, Ji Chuan stepped aside, closed his eyes and said that he would never speak again.

Wen Yanbo glanced at Ji Chuan. He was a little bit unspeakable at this moment. The Wen family in Taiyuan, where he was born, was a famous gentry in Taiyuan.

Since the Han Dynasty, the Wen clan in Taiyuan moved south due to war in the Central Plains, and the northern clans have been unable to restore the grand occasion in the north. This time, Wen Yanbo joined Li Chongjiu and was also under pressure from many clans.

This time the world was in chaos and heroes rose up. The Wen family in Taiyuan had a lot of relationships with Li Yuan and Li Shimin who were in Jinyang.

After Li Yuan raised an army in Jinyang, the clan asked Wen Yanbo's two younger brothers Wen Daya, and Wen Daya, to serve as an official in Li Tang to express his full support for Li Tang. However, Wen Yanbo did not obey the clan's intentions and was already under Li Chongjiu's command as a county Sima.

After Jinyang, his father and his consul in the clan had the intention of writing a letter to him to resign. When Wen Yanbo came, he thought to himself that even if he went to Li Tang, he would take at least twenty or thirty years to realize his ambitions and get the position of prime minister. However, in the Youzhou army, Li Chongjiuxian had the intention to cultivate him as prime minister, and he valued him and trusted him very much.

Wen Yanbo was grateful for Li Chongjiu's cultivation and reuse, so he refused his clan members' request to return to Taiyuan and continued to stay in Youzhou to assist Li Chongjiu.

But in this way, Wen Yanbo also knew that there was a major rift between him and his clan members. After he captured Jinyang, Wen Yanbo returned home, although he was now in Youzhou and was the first-rank official, and the officials in Youzhou were treated only by Li Chongjiu, after returning home, those clan uncles were all closed to him and were highly treated coldly in the clan.

Wen Yanbo, who has been a child in a big family, inevitably feels dissatisfied, so he is more anxious this time that Li Chongjiu can defeat Li Tang in one battle to prove that his choice is correct.

Li Chongjiu was a little surprised to see that his subordinates were in charge of the battle. It seemed that his elite soldiers and generals under his command had become arrogant soldiers and powerful soldiers at some point.

If I remember correctly, Liu Wuzhou and Li Shimin were also confronting Bai Bi in history. I don’t remember the specific situation of the battle, but there is no need to say more about the final outcome of this battle.

From Jinyang to Baibi, the journey is long and the food route is long. The military food will definitely be poor after all. If someone robs the grain, it will be worrying. But Wen Yanbo is right. If he does not go to Baibi, he can only sit back and see that Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao are annihilated. In this way, the morale of the army will be shaken. Moreover, the entire army is winning continuously and the morale is in full swing. If he shrinks and does not fight, it will inevitably be a bit unreasonable. The military soldiers under his command may also complain.

After all, Liu Wuzhou had 30,000 troops to attack Tang, and also defeated Bai Bi. This time he attacked Bingzhou, there were 60,000 troops, and the troops were twice as many as Liu Wuzhou. At that time, Li Tang had established a country for two years, but now the foundation of Li Tang is unstable.

When two strong men meet and retreat without fighting, they are undoubtedly cowardly.

"Why do you want to fight below? Please let Gong Shanggu make an announcement!" Seeing that Ji Chuan was silent, the generals stepped forward together. They obviously felt that there was a great chance of winning in the battle now.

Li Chongjiu glanced at the generals and said, "This time Li Tang sent out four armies to recover Hedong, it should not be ignored. Besides, Li Shimin won the new victory of Xue Ju, and all the soldiers under his command were elite. Our army fought with him, and the outcome was unpredictable."

When the generals heard that Li Chongjiu also opposed sending troops, they were all angry at the moment.

"Will you dare to ask Mr. Shanggu not save Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao?"

Li Chongjiu said, "Li Shimin was stationed in Baibi, which is exactly the right way for our army to be in a dilemma. When we head south, the front line is long and it is easy for the teacher to be exhausted. If the troops are not moved, then Yao Junsu and Lu Chongmao will be cleaned up by him. He can calmly gather all the troops and fight with me north. Therefore, if we want to defeat the Tang army, we cannot follow Li Shimin's wishes, so we will fall into his trap."

Wen Yanbo asked immediately after hearing this, "So what does Gong Shanggu mean?"

Li Chongjiu said, "Our army is still heading south, but it is not going to Hexi, the dangerous road of Jushi Valley, but I want to lead my army to attack Shangdang County!"

"Shangdang County!"

The generals were stunned and refused to fight Li Shimin, but attacked Shangdang County. Why was this? At this time, Ji Chuan's eyes lit up and said, "Duke Shanggu, this is the best move!"

"How to make the best? Tell me out, why don't I understand?" Wang Mahan asked.

Ji Chuan glanced at Wang Mahan and thought to himself that this person was also a general in charge of the general, but he was so unaware of it. However, Ji Chuan also knew that this person was absolutely loyal to Li Chongjiu and was a confidant.

Ji Chuan angrily added some basic geographical knowledge to Wang Mahan.

It turned out that from Jinyang to the south, separated by Taiyue Mountain in the middle, the two great roads of Bingzhou were led southwest from Jinyang and passed through the western foot of Taiyue Mountain. This was the route Li Yuan had raised an army from Jinyang to seize Guanzhong, passed from Jinyang to Zhaoyuqi, passed through Queshi Valley, Huoyi, and then crossed the Yellow River from Pujin. He could go straight to Guanzhong and arrive in Chang'an.

Then he walked southeast from Jinyang, passed through the eastern foot of Taiyue Mountain, went straight down through Shangdang County, passed through Changping County, Gaoping County, and finally crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin to the Eastern Capital.

When Li Chongjiu was a bandit in Qiqian Village, he was wanted by Yin Kaishan. He was forced to flee south from Erxianzhuang in Shanxiongxin, Shangdang County, through Mengjin Ferry, crossed the Yellow River, fled from the border of Bingzhou, and arrived at the eastern capital and met Li Mi next to Baima Temple.

Ji Chuan said, "This shows that Jinyang is the key to Bingzhou. After passing through this west, he went to Luoyang south, went to Youzhou east, and controlled the grassland in the north."

Wang Mahan heard this: "What does this have to do with our attack on Shangdang County?"

Ji Chuan looked hopeless and said, "Shangdang County is a major town for Li Tang. If there is any loss here, it means that only half of Hedong remains in Bingzhou. Li Shimin can station troops in Baibi, but we can attack Shangdang County to surround Wei and save Zhao."

Speaking of this, Yuchi Gong also said, "Yes, Yin Kaishan, Shangdang County, and the remnants of Li Yuanji are just frightened birds, we can defeat them in one battle."

Wen Yanbo nodded, showing pleasure, and said, "If Li Shimin ignores Shangdang County and continues to lead his army to attack Hedong, we can take over Shangdang County. But if Li Shimin comes to rescue Shangdang County, then the situation will reverse, and our army can wait for work in Shangdang County, without worrying that the front line is too long and the food and grass will be insufficient."
Chapter completed!