After Pei Ji left, Li Chongjiu had just had a sip of tea. ========= This time, the Minister of Revenue Lin Dangfeng asked for a meeting with him. Li Chongjiu put down the tea and let him in.

After Lin Dangfeng entered the country, Li Chongjiu asked: "Lin Aiqing is not here for the Ministry of Revenue. Could it be that Li Tang's situation has changed?"

Lin Dangfeng said immediately: "Your Majesty, it was a news from Guanzhong that when our army attacked the Turks, Li Tang, in addition to sending troops to attack the Liang Shidu, also sent Li Jing out of Henan with the intention of subduing Kaifeng. Xu Shiji led his army to fight with Li Jing near Liangzhou. The two armies fought fiercely for six days, and thousands of people were killed and killed, and each other won and lost. After the news of Your Majesty's attack on the Turks came, Li Jing took the initiative to retreat."

Li Chongjiu heard this and said, "My main force fought a decisive battle with the Turks. It is strange that Li Yuan did not take the opportunity to attack. What about other battle situations?"

Lin Dangfeng said: "Yes, it's not just Li Jing, but Li Xiaogong also mobilized heavy troops in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. From Xiangfan, Ruying and Ruying, our army lost more than ten counties. After Li Xiaogong got the power, he sent troops to attack Luoyang. Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin were on defense in Yique. Li Xiaogong led his army to besiege for 20 days, and the water source of the defenders was cut off. Fortunately, the sky was snowing heavily, and Li Xiaogong finally led his army to retreat."

"In the direction of Hanoi, Li Shentong's troops in Li Tang also led 10,000 troops to attack Liyang City, set fire at the city, and destroyed more than a dozen villages of our army. Zhou Mo, the county magistrate of Liyang County, defeated Li Shentong with the strategy of luring and hiding more than 200 Tang troops, and won a great victory."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Although Li Shentong is not a famous general, he is also a person who has fought for a long time, but he will be defeated by the nameless general? Zhou Mozhen must have no impression of this. If he is really talented, he should be promoted and used."

Lin Dangfeng heard this and smiled and said, "Your Majesty. Zhou Mo is already seventy-three years old this year."

Li Chongjiu heard this and said with a little regret: "Liang Po is old, otherwise I can reuse this person."

Lin Dangfeng hurriedly said, "Your Majesty. In fact, there is another person who helped Zhou Mo defeat Li Shentong. Zhou Mo expressed this battle in the Xingwenming submitted to the Secretariat. He said that thanks to the Lord Bo Sun Chu's appointment and made many tricks, he used the Tang army's mentality that our Liyang defenders dared not leave the city, and set up an ambush to lure the enemy. In his writing, Zhou Mo praised Sun Chu's appointment and requested that the court reuse this person."

"Sun Chuyi, I feel a little familiar with this name. I don't know where I have heard it?"

Lin Dangfeng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you still remember Zhang Wenguan?"

Li Chongjiu suddenly said, "I remember it. It was the young man who married Cui from Qinghe. It was the marriage I made. Sun Chuyou is his good friend. I remember that among the three, he was generous and heroic, Zhang Wenguan was a handsome young man, but Sun Chuyou didn't speak much and looked good, but those who could be friends with these two must not be ordinary people."

Lin Dangfeng said immediately: "Weichen also thinks that Sun Chuyou can cultivate this person."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "After that, this time I attacked the Turks and Li Tang attacked three times, which means that he still has the strength to attack, but his momentum is much inferior to last year."

Lin Dangfeng said: "Li Yuan followed our example in China to issue civil debts. He raised money from the Guanlong family, which eased the difficulties of our army blocking the pass. He also had spare energy to organize this war. But this time, Li Tang had exhausted his last offensive power and the national treasury was exhausted again. Now is the time for our army to turn from defense to offense."

Li Chongjiu was a little thoughtful and suddenly asked: "How is Xue Wanche's instigation against the officials within Li Tang?"

Lin Dangfeng replied: "Before our army captured the Turks, there were still not many officials who were willing to do for our army in detail. However, after defeating the Turks, the entire Chang'an was shocked. It is said that Li Yuan was also seriously ill in December. I don't know if it was because of this. However, in Chang'an, even Yang, Du, Wei families, and some Guanlong clans who had always been close to Li Yuan, contacted us privately. Now our army's news department is already speeding up to rebel and obtaining Li Tang's troops through them."

"How is the fight between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng?"

Lin Dangfeng lowered his head and said, "This is what I am going to report to Your Majesty today. In the past six months, we have been trying to invade the Tiance Prefecture, both sides of the East Palace. There is no progress in the Tiance Prefecture, but the prince and the King of Qi have learned a lot of news. At present, the prince, the King of Qi is eager to change the current situation that is unfavorable to the Tang army, so he hopes that the general can make achievements. Therefore, Li Jiancheng sent Yang Wengan and Duan Decao to enter the northwest, hoping to defeat the Liang Shidu first."

"But Duan Decao and Yang Wengan seem to be in a bad mood. It is said that our secret spies have heard news. The Tiance Mansion also seems to want to use the conflict between Duan Decao and Yang Wengan to create evidence that the prince has taken over military power and tried to rebel. However, our secret spies are not sure to confirm the matter. We have asked him to continue to observe and report at any time."

"Yang Wengan?" When Li Chongjiu heard this name, he remembered a famous event in history.

Gyeongzhou Governor's Office.

Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, slapped a letter on the table and said, "It's so unreasonable. Duan Decao was afraid of fighting against Liang Shi, so he led his army back. He didn't know how much the prince needed this great victory now?"

Yang Wengan looked angry, and Zhu Huan and Qiao Gongshan said together, "Governor calm down."

Qiao Gongshan said: "The Zhao army sent generals Zhang Changxun, Yuan Junzhang and Xue Wanche to arrive, and there were Dangxiang and Jihu tribes to surrender. Duan Decao probably couldn't beat them."

Yang Wengan said: "Why don't I know? It's just that in Chang'an, the power of the crown prince and the King of Qin is tense. Although Your Majesty trusts the crown prince, the crown prince has no military achievements. Although the King of Qin cannot trust it, he has military achievements. If Duan Decao cannot replace the crown prince and destroy the Liang Shidu, Your Majesty has no choice but to launch the King of Qin again."

Er Zhu Huan nodded and said, "What the governor said is that Li Chongji has destroyed the Turks and has no worries about the north. The next step is to use the power of the country to attack Chang'an. If...

Er Zhu Huan said halfway, and paused. All three of them knew what he meant. Li Tang’s current situation was very unfavorable. At the same time, it was not easy for Li Jiancheng.

Er Zhu Huan took a step forward at this time and lowered his voice: "Governor, Duan Decao has neither obeyed the order of orders and had to bear the prince's expectations, so such a person cannot be kept. Why don't we punish him and take Duan Decao into prison, and then take over his troops. Then the Governor led Qingzhou's troops to attack Liang Shidu. After that, he got the credit and was not the Governor you, but you can still repay the prince's kindness."

After hearing this, Yang Wengan nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. But I am on par with him, so I can only report him to the court, so how can I ask him privately?"

Er Zhu Huan said immediately: "It is urgent to follow the power. We can say that he colluded with Zhao's army and wanted to surrender to Zhao, and he would take action first and then report."
Chapter completed!