Li Yuanji's passionate words immediately made Li Yuan very happy.

Li Yuan looked at Qu Tutong and asked, "I want you to fight in Luoyang now, but your two sons were possessed by Wang Shichong in Luoyang. What if it does?"

Qu Tutong held his fist and said, "I should have died as a prisoner in the past, but I was not abandoned by Your Majesty. Not only did I release my bondage, but I also politely politely. At that time, I vowed to you, hoping that the rest of my life would be the best for Your Majesty. Now that I can drive the thief to defeat the thief, what should I care about?"

Li Yuan exclaimed and said, "You are really a man who sacrifices his life to seek righteousness."

As the generals discussed, the thunderstorm outside the hall gradually stopped, and the hall was quiet.

Li Yuan walked into the hall with his footsteps clear.

Li Yuan suddenly said, "Prince."

Li Jiancheng made his first statement and said, "Promise."

Li Yuan said, "The Turks are a confidant, so you must guard against it. You lead your army to cross Pujin and station here to protect the north side of Chang'an."

Li Jiancheng received the order and retreated. Pujin was separated from Chang'an by a river and could return at any time, and he could lead his troops in his hands. Li Jiancheng agreed happily.

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin and said, "King of Qin, King of Qi."

Li Shimin and Li Yuanji clasped their fists together and stepped forward. Li Yuan said: "The King of Qin is the commander, the King of Qi is the deputy general, the general of the marching commander of the East Shaanxi Road Qu Tutong, the general of the marching commander of the Luzhou Road Liu Dewei, the general of the marching commander of the Shanzhou Road Liu Hongji, the general of the Xiongzhou Road Shi Wanbao, the general of the marching commander of the Huaizhou Road Huang Junhan, the general of the Songzhou Road Sheng Yanshi, the general of the Jingzhou Road Chai Shao, and the general of the Anzhou Road Liu Shirang went out of Tongguan to attack Zheng!"

Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and the generals agreed.

After saying that, Li Yuan handed the sword in his hand to Li Shimin and said solemnly: "To dominate the world. In this battle, I will entrust you."

Li Shimin lowered his head and said, "Father, the emperor, the son, will fulfill his mission."

The Li Tang attacked Zheng was decided. In October of the third year of Wude, Li Yuan sent Qin King Li Shimin as the chief general, and Qi King Li Yuanji as the deputy general, leading Qu Tutong, Chai Shao and other eight generals, twenty-five generals, a total of 100,000 troops from land and sea to attack Zheng.

As soon as the news of Li Tang's conquest of Zheng State came out, it immediately came into the ears of King Shichong of Luoyang. Wang Shichong, who was already the emperor, summoned all the generals to discuss in the Luoyang Palace.

Wang Shichong said, "I am not surprised at all when Li Tang came to attack me. Since I defeated Li Mi, I have been waiting for the day of the decisive battle with the Tang Dynasty. Now I have finally waited for this opportunity."

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong said, "This battle is related to the life and death of Zheng and Tang countries. Therefore, I decided to gather the brave and warlike soldiers in the towns of the provinces to Luoyang and set up generals in the four towns. Recruiting troops to guard the four cities of Luoyang respectively. King Shiyun of Qi guards the southern city, King Shiwei of Chu guards the Baocheng, Prince Wang Xuanying guards the eastern city, King Xuanshu of Hanjia guards the Hanyao City. King Dao of Lu guards the Yaoyi City. In addition to Luoyang, generals must also be guarded by several important places. King Honglie of Wei guards Xiangyang. King Jing guards the Hulao in Hulao, King Song guards Qin guards Huaizhou."

All the generals were expressionless when they heard this. Wang Shichong was appointed as the Wang family in the four cities of Luoyang. For example, Wang Shiwei, King of Chu, Wang Shiyun, King of Qi, were all Wang Shichong's brothers, Wang Xuanying, and Wang Xuanshu were Wang Shichong's eldest son and second son. As for King of Lu, King of Wei, King of Wei, King of Jing, King of Jing, King of Song, King of Qin, were all Wang Shichong's nephews.

Wang Shichong seemed to be nepotism, but now Wang Shichong is in a situation where everyone betrays his relatives. The generals, officials and the people cannot trust them, and they all rebel against Zheng and surrender to Tang, so he could only control the military power with the Wang family.

Wang Shichong continued, "I use combat troops as elite troops and defend myself in Luoyang. The left auxiliary general Yang Gongqing led the cavalry of the left Longxiang in the 28th palace, the right guerrilla general Guo Shancai led the infantry of the inner army in the 28th palace, and the left guerrilla general Ba Yegang led the infantry of the outer army in the 28th palace, with a total of 30,000 troops to prepare for a battle with the Tang army. Do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

The Huazhou Xingtai Pushe Bing Yuanzhen said first: "Although Luoyang has the danger of Wuhan, it is only a few hundred miles, with thin fields and enemies on all sides. It is not a country that uses martial arts. Now the Tang army is attacking in large numbers. If our army does not go out to fight and defends itself, it will be destroyed by the Tang army."

Wang Shichong nodded and said, "I have this intention, and everything is planned for the future."

Shan Xiong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Tang army is now in great power, and Li Shimin is a famous general. The elite soldiers of Guanzhong Prefecture are the best in the world. Why not seek strong support from outside?"

Before Wang Shichong could speak, Du Yan, Minister of Personnel, said: "Your Majesty has asked the Turks for help, and the Turks said that they will attack the Li Tang Hexi, thinking that they will help."

Shan Xiong Xinyi said: "Although the Turks are strong in soldiers, they cannot dissolve the near fire when they are far away."

Wang Shichong asked: "What are the great general's opinions?"

Shan Xiong said in a deep voice: "Looking at the heroes of the world, now Du Fuwei has surrendered to Li Tang. He can draw troops north at any time and attack Li Tang from east to west. The king is weak and the snake and rat are not trustworthy. Yu Culture and himself cannot be protected. Today, only Master Zhao has the only one who can help me fight with Li Yuan. Why not send an eloquent envoy to Zhao?"

Shan Xiongxin's words made the Zheng army generals present agree.

Situ Duan Dayan said, "Zhao Master defeated Liu Heita, and his voice is in full swing."

The inner-sergeant Chang Sun Anshi said, "Now, Master Zhao led an army of more than 100,000 to station in Liyang and observe troops in Mingzhou, which is not the intention of crossing the river south."

Wang Shichong's audience was talking and slapped his legs and said, "Do you think I don't want it? I ordered Xue Qing to envoy Zhao a while ago, but it would be fine if Li Chongjiu refused. He also kidnapped me and Qin and Luo. I can't swallow this tone until now."

Yang Gongqing clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty is a person who does great things. How can you stick to the grievances of the past? No matter what the battle with Li Tang is, it is imperative to ask for reinforcements from Hebei."

"What's more, this time and then, you should know that Li Yuan, the old thief, was in Long and looked at Shu. This time he attacked Zheng. If he pacified Zheng, he would definitely attack Zhao. Master Zhao was a hero, so how could he not see through this?"

Bing Yuan said, "It's true that Li Chongjiu is just afraid that Li Chongjiu will have no time to help Zheng with his clone, but no matter what, it's good to tent on him."

Wang Shichong said, "Bing, Shan and Yang, what he said is reasonable. Since this is the case, I will send someone to envoy Zhao and Du Aiqing. This time you can go for me."

Du Yan, the Minister of Personnel, took action and said, "Your Majesty, although I am not as good as Su Qin and Zhang Yi, I must do my best."

On that day, Du Yan, the Minister of Personnel, brought generous gifts, took a naval warship from Heyang and went down the Yellow River. After arriving on the Liyang Ferry, he heard that Li Chongjiu was in Daming and then took a boat to Daming.

Du Yan shouldered his mission and did not dare to be negligent at all. After he hurriedly landed in Daming, he learned that the Zhao army had set out from Daming and wanted to attack the Xia army's Handan City, and Li Chongjiu personally led the army to fight.

At that moment, Du Yan even caught up with Zhao's army camp and met with Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu was wearing military uniforms. He heard that the envoy of Zheng State came, and even without thinking, he knew what the other party was looking for him at this time.

Xue Wanshu in the army said, "The envoy from Zheng must be asking for reinforcements for Wang Shichong. Liu Heita has not yet broken, so how can our army have the spare strength to aid Zheng."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Our army is temporarily powerless about aiding Zheng, but we must also make good friends to strengthen Wang Shichong's desire to resist the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chongjiu said, "Just let the envoy of Xuan Zheng State enter."

Not long after, Du Yan entered the camp to pay a visit.

Du Yan entered the Zhao army camp, and this person was a very good person. The other party was a son of the Du family of Jingzhao, Guanzhong. His ancestors were either the governor, or the county magistrate, and Du Ruhui's uncle. When he was young, he once said that the emperor was good at using hermits, and was not as good as hiding in Taibai Mountain. So he lived in seclusion without serving. Later, Emperor Wen of Sui was furious and exiled him to Jiangnan. After Emperor Wen of Sui died, he entered the court as an official.

Du Yan, who failed to show off, also learned from his lessons, stopped pretending to be arrogant, and paid respect to Li Chongjiu with great respect, saying: "Now there is a great chaos today, Tang has Guanxi, Zheng has Henan, and Zhao has Hebei, and they have formed a tripod. If we use the past to describe the present, Li Tang has the strongest momentum, which can be compared with Cao Wei, Zheng has the Eastern Wu, and Zhao has the Western Shu. Now Tang is facing Zheng, and the Tang army is in great power, but Zheng is unable to have a turning point, and the troops are not as good as the Tang army, and the situation is arduous."

"Tang is strong and Zheng is weak, and it will inevitably be unsupported. If Zheng is destroyed, Zhao will not be independent. It is better to form an alliance with two families and form a brotherly country, send troops to rescue them, Zhao attacks outside, Zheng attacks inside, and defeat Tang."

Du Yan's remarks were brewing for a long time, comparing the current situation in the world to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and begging Li Chongjiu to fight against the Tang Dynasty and aid Zheng.

Li Chongjiu pondered for a while after hearing this, and asked, "I don't know how Master Zheng arranged it to deal with Li Shimin?"

Du Yan did not hide it and said, "Elite troops and strong generals stationed in Luoyang, and outside guarded Xiangyang, Hulao, and Huaizhou."

Li Chongjiu nodded after hearing this and said, "Master Zheng and Li Mi have been fighting in Luoyang for many years and have really understood strategies. Although this is not the best strategy, it is also the best way for Master Zheng to deal with it at the moment."

The best strategy Li Chongjiu said was not to be in Luoyang, but to fight against the enemy and seek a decisive battle around Luoyang. However, Wang Shichong, a rude man, forced himself to take up the throne as a warlord, and killed Emperor Taizhu, which made the surrounding officials and generals all wanted to abandon Zheng and defect to Li Tang. Therefore, Wang Shichong could not trust the generals of the other surname, so he had to hand over the military power to several relatives.

Afterwards, Wang Shichong prepared to concentrate his elite troops to fight Li Tang. The best way to win is to retreat to the city of Luoyang. He followed the example of fighting with Li Mi that year and used Luoyang City to fight against Li Tang to fight to the death. However, with an isolated city, he could not defend himself, so Wang Shichong then implemented key defenses in the surrounding area.

Xiangyang City is related to the north and south, and can also be joined by Liang Wang Xiao Xian.

There is no need to mention Hulao, which is connected to Songyue in the south and the Yellow River in the north. It is a channel connecting Henan and Shandong in the east, and is also an important gateway.

Huaizhou is Wang Shichong's only stronghold in Hebei, protecting the wings of Heyang and preventing the Tang army from falling down along the Yellow River and attacking Wang Shichong's rear.

When Du Yan heard Li Chongjiu praise Wang Shichong, he was overjoyed and said, "So can King Zhao send troops to aid Zheng immediately?"
Chapter completed!