At this time, Tang gaozu is still worried that the aggressive war in various places has greatly increased the pressure on his heart. However, according to Tai, although Sui Jun is aggressive, he is brave and the situation blocked by Datang soldiers has become more and more favorable to Datang.
Li Jiancheng reported good news but not bad news, or concealed the truth because he didn’t want his father to worry that he could not bear it. Li Jiancheng was out of kindness and knew that once the news leaked, it would be a huge blow to his father. Li Jiancheng presented it to Tang gaozu after revision.
Tang gaozu walked for half a ring and felt a little tired. He sat in the pavilion and gasped, "I am tired and have a rest."
Zhang Yingying first ordered the maid-in-waiting to pad the pad, which helped him sit down and brought tea to Tang gaozu. He slowly drank too much and reported that Qin Wangli’s resistance to the strong enemy, Sui Emperor Yang Wei, had been frustrated many times, and he still needed his father and soldiers to fight. Tang gaozu’s heart gradually eased.
At this time, Tang gaozu didn’t know that the whole situation had changed greatly. A total of more than 100,000 troops in Sui gradually formed an attack on Chang ‘an. How would he look once he knew the news?
Yang You, Xinfeng County, Jingzhao County, the former Sui Dynasty, set up the camp here, which was a resounding time in Yang You.
Qu Tutong, the general manager of Longxi Road, led Sang Xianhe, Xi Junmai, Liang Jianfang and other generals. Yao Junsu, the general manager of Hanzhong Road, led Wang Hang to see Yang You and Qu Tutong. For several years, Yang You was naturally very excited. Xi Junmai and Liang Jianfang were bought by Yang You Ndeyou, and even more, they were rewarded by Yang You. The iron arrow was especially admired for Yang You.
Xi Jun didn’t dare to seriously see if Yang You bowed his head and Liang Jianfang did the same.
Yang You, Qu Tutong, Yao Junsu first described this before looking at Xi Junmai, Liang Jianfang and other military commanders. When Yang You saw a man with thick arms, he knew that this man was Xi Junmai, Yang You and Dugu Qianshan. He took out ten iron arrows, saying, "Xi Aiqing, this is my pro-iron arrow. I know that you can shoot more with iron arrows." Now Yang You doesn’t need to kill the enemy in an array, although it is still plotting. It is better to give Xi Junmai more iron arrows to kill the enemy to play the greatest role.
Xi Jun bought his heart and was moved to remember his name, which proved that he had a position in Yang You’s heart. "I bought my humble servant Xi Jun and thanked him for his kindness. I should take this arrow and kill Hu Lu more."
Yang You smiled and looked at Liang Jianfang. "Liang Aiqing I know that you are good at making pike I have a weapon you can try." Dugu Qianshan took out a weapon again.
This is a pike with a handle, but it’s usually different. It’s a hook and sickle gun of later generations. This gun is made of pure steel. Liang Jianfang is a discerning person. He immediately saluted, "I’m Liang Jianfang, thank you for your position."
"Liang Aiqing stood up" said Yang You. "Although I have never been to Longxi, I also know that the Longxi army has withstood the attack of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty under great pressure and has attacked Liangzhou several times in an attempt to restore the great Sui Dynasty."
"It is because of your loyalty and patriotism that you can destroy the quartet anti-thieves and restore the Central Plains. Xi Aiqing and Liang Aiqing, the main manager of the flexor, have repeatedly advised that the two loves are not brave enough. I hope that in the future, the two loves will be able to expand their territory and establish a career that will not be achieved in the future. Naturally, there are two loves who are anonymous." Yang You laughed.
Liang Jianfang and Xi Junmai are not only an encouragement, but also a promise. How many people yearn for a place in history?
After a brief reminiscence, the monarch and his subjects turned to the war in Chang ‘an. At this time, the news from all parties has been delivered to Li Jiancheng through the Royal Guards. It is a plot to station military forces in the ancient city of Chang ‘an in Xianyang, so that Chang ‘an will not be besieged by death, so that it can protect Chang ‘an without losing its ability.
However, it happened that Yang You was in no hurry. The Sui Dynasty has recovered four-fifths of the day, and the land soldiers are well-fed and there is no shortage of food. The situation of Lien Chan’s winning streak is strong. On the other hand, Tang Jun’s morale is low, and the lack of food is extremely unfavorable to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty
The key is Yang You’s intention to besiege the city for Dayuan, because Yang You knows very well that even if Chang ‘an is captured and Tang gaozu is captured, or Li Jiancheng Hedong mercenaries stand on their own feet, Li Shimin will never surrender. The hatred between them is too deep to die.
At the beginning, Li Shimin once suggested that Tang gaozu dig Yang’s ancestral grave. Although it was pressed by Li Jiancheng, Yang You remembered that his blood was flowing in his heart. Even though his soul came from thousands of years later, someone dared to do so. How can Yang You not remember clearly?
Now that Li Shimin has returned to Hedong and refused to support Changan Yang You, it will not be forced to support Changan Hedong for a long time. Yang You is waiting for another person, Li Shentong.
Speaking of which, Yang You and Li Shentong met several times, and each time Li Shentong suffered a great loss, he was even captured twice, and Yang You and Li Shentong exchanged for Li Jing’s wife, children and completely gained Li Jing’s loyalty.
Yang You doesn’t worry about Li Shentong or Chang ‘an Li Jiancheng, but if he takes Chang ‘an Li Shentong in one fell swoop and gets the news, he will either withdraw Liangzhou or join forces with Li Shimin, and neither Yang You is allowed.
In particular, let Li Shentong retreat to Liangzhou. I am afraid that this person will be in cahoots with the Turks. Once the Turks attack the Central Plains, which Yang You does not want to unify, the need of the Sui Dynasty is to recuperate. The chaos has been going on for too long, and the people have suffered a lot, especially in China and Bingzhou, which are often threatened by the Turks. The same is true of Hebei.
After slowing down, Da Sui accumulated enough national strength to support the goal of Yang You in the southern expedition and northern expedition.
Li Shentong is a loyal person. When he hears that Chang ‘an is besieged, he will inevitably lead troops to participate in Chang ‘an War. At that time, Yang You will panic in Li Shentong and recover Chang ‘an, so as to make room for Li Shimin.
Yang You plans to do this, and his ministers have nodded their heads in approval. After the deployment of Yang You, Qu Tutong, Yao Junsu and his men left according to the Yang You plan. Xi Junmai, Liang Jianfang and others can leave Xinfeng even if they don’t give up.
Du Ruhui smoothed her hand. Although she agreed with Hu’s words in her heart, both of them decided that Li Shimin would eventually choose? Although he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Hedong, he also means to stand on his own feet. But once Chang ‘an falls, it is of great significance. Li Shimin is not a fool. How can he not see the impact of Chang ‘an’s fall?
Yang You wanted to think about the command to make Feng Zhiqian and Guang Shen lead ten thousand troops to Feng Yi County to seize Longmen Crossing and firmly seal off Li Shimin’s support. It may be so that Li Shimin will be sealed off in Hedong County, etc. When the war is over, Li Shimin will be like a grasshopper scampering for a few days.
Chapter 15 Choose your own way
Sui Jun is gradually approaching Chang ‘an, and around it, great construction is being done to cut down trees and make instruments. Most of the fertile fields in the central plains fall into Sui Jun’s hands, and instead of retreating into the city, Yang You, the people, does not adopt a high-handed policy, but sends people to appease them.
Days of turmoil or people suffer, except for a few traitors, most of them are overwhelmed by the general trend. Yang You sent a large number of messengers to appease the people everywhere, and most of them surrendered. Yang You, a county in the Great Sui Dynasty, tried to make no commotion. After all, it was the first few times that Yang You, a subject of the Great Sui Dynasty, gave alms and won the support of the people.
Nowadays, the Great Sui Dynasty came to Julian Waghann every day to reunify the world. If it weren’t for idiots, everyone knew that this day would be human. Besides, for ordinary people, it didn’t matter who sat in the golden palace, so it wasn’t the same for the people to live and work in peace and contentment and who was the emperor.
In this case, Yang You’s appeasement is very effective. Martial arts, Yan County and other places restore calm, and people go out of the city every day in an orderly way.
Sui Jun’s unhurried action once puzzled Li Jiancheng, but he soon understood Yang You’s trick. Yang You didn’t do it for two purposes. On the one hand, he wanted to wait for Li Shentong or Li Shimin to help the city to encircle the city, and on the other hand, he wanted to run out of the little food in Datang.
Moreover, Chang ‘an is, after all, the old capital of the Sui Dynasty. Yang You grew up in Chang ‘an, and maybe he couldn’t bear to destroy the painstaking efforts of his ancestors. Chang ‘an, the largest city in the Central Plains, was the painstaking efforts of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty and Emperor Wen of Sui, while Luoyang was the painstaking efforts of Yang Guang, the descendant of Yang. Yang You could not bear to destroy these two cities. This thought made Yang You understand his thoughts.
Now it seems that Yang You will not be in a hurry to attack the city, just like attacking Luoyang. Li Jiancheng, the siege master, thinks it is necessary to strengthen Chang ‘an defense, but Datang’s troops are stretched. Where should the reinforcements go?
Li Jiancheng thought and thought for a long time, but there was no idea in his heart. There was little hope in Li Shimin, and it was unknown whether Li Shentong could arrive in Chang ‘an smoothly, and I’m afraid it would not be of much benefit to the war.
Still need to find foreign aid, but the foreign aid department? Li Jiancheng broke his head and thought of Turks, but Li Jiancheng’s heart led Turks into the Central Plains and he didn’t want to. After all, if it was not my family’s heart, it would be different from Wude. In three years, he led troops to North Bing to resist treacherous Turks.
He doesn’t want to rely on Turks, let alone want to, but what should he do? Li Jiancheng for a long time did not consider the good plan.
After half a month’s preparation, Sui Jun gradually completed the encirclement period. Li Jiancheng sent cavalry to harass Sui Jun several times, but was defeated by Yang You’s design. Since then, Li Jiancheng has become frightened and knows that Sui Jun is ready to send troops to attack easily.
In this situation, Li Jiancheng secretly sent messengers to Hedong several times to let Li Shimin speed up support for Chang’ an and Li Shimin. After receiving the letter, Li Jingzheng besieged Huoyi Houjun and often refused.
As time goes by, the weather has turned cold in September, and the harvest season is about to come to Yang You to continue the siege and send troops to help the people collect grain. At this time, Li Shentong led a Qingqi all the way around the mountain, crossed Beidi County and entered Jingzhao County. After entering Jingzhao County, Li Shentong did not dare to walk 30 miles a day, fearing that he would be ambushed by Yang You.
In a golden wheat wave, Yang You rode slowly behind him, and Du Ruhui, Yang Dong, Pei Hangyan, Luo Shixin and others followed. Yang You rode on a hill and pointed to the front. "Three miles ahead is to bully Li Jiancheng and station thirty thousand troops."
"The bully is Chang ‘an Gate. If you want to attack Chang ‘an, you must take the bully first." Du Ruhui said.
"Don’t wait until after the autumn harvest to have a decisive battle, otherwise the farmland will be destroyed and the people will be short of food. I still need to transport food from Bashu." Yang You light way.
Yongfengcang still has food, but it is military assets. Luoyang has experienced years of war and everything is in ruins. Henan County can’t make ends meet, and it can’t get enough food. Only Longxi or Bashu has enough food, but transportation is inconvenient, especially Bashu needs to climb mountains and mountains.
So it is better to suspend siege and let the people harvest food first, even if the government wants to relieve the pressure in the future.
Yang You looked around the hills, where people were struggling to harvest food, while Sui Jun cavalry were patrolling the edge of farmland to prevent Tang Jun from attacking. However, Yang You was worried that it didn’t happen that Li Jiancheng was bitten once, twice shy, and Yang You was given enough rope.
At this time, Hedong Li Shimin also grabbed food. He sent troops to block the export of Jiangxian County and sent troops to collect food. There was enough food to fight against Sui Jun and Li Shimin, and the tax rate was raised by 50%. Although the people were dissatisfied, they had to swallow their grievances.
When Hedong and Zhongdu grabbed grain, Li Shentong led 30,000 fighters and finally came to Jingyang, Li Shentong to be stationed. At this time, most of the counties in the middle counties except Jingyang and Yunyang took refuge in Dasui.
Yang You’s refusal to surrender Jingyang also gives Li Shentong a road leading to Chang ‘an.
After Li Shentong Jingyang was stationed, the temporary camp was placed in Jingyang County, and the government never dared to move forward. Instead, it sent troops around to inquire about the military situation and then invaded the scouts near Jingyang County. It was quite lively like the geese coming in and out of the south, and the military situation kept entering Li Shentong’s ears, which worried him.
He never imagined that the situation had developed to this point. Now even the lifeline granary has been lost. Chang ‘an is a big city that needs tens of thousands of food every day. How can we fight this battle without Yongfengcang?
What makes Li Shentong think impassability is that the king of Qin actually returned Hedong instead of Chang ‘an Hedong, which is important, but Chang ‘an is the capital of Datang and the root of Datang! Is it true that the king of Qin has self-reliance? However, this point of self-reliance will aggravate the Tang Dynasty’s consumption of two brothers’ struggle, and those who meet their relatives will be quick to get revenge.
After thinking for a long time, Li Shentong decided to lead his troops to South Chang ‘an, and the Li family’s glory was the first battle. After Li Shentong cleaned up, he brought enough hay and slowly went south.
With the help of Sui soldiers, the speed of harvesting grain in various counties in China has greatly increased, and Yang You has also fulfilled his promise. The people found that they got more grain, which made the people smile. Who cares who will be the emperor if they can eat and drink enough?
Li Shimin Chengtou, Hedong City, looked at the wheat that was about to be harvested outside the city with a smile on his face. It was estimated that the counties in Hedong had paid 300,000 mangoku for him to spend the winter. Li Shimin believed that once winter came, Sui Jun would probably quit, and then the counties in the city would return to the arms of Datang.
What happened in Chang ‘an, Li Shimin, was very clear through detailed understanding, while Feng Zhikun and Guang Shen were guarding Longmen Ferry, which enabled him to enter the river smoothly, but the river would freeze when winter came. Li Shimin could enter the river smoothly or support Chang ‘an or pursue Sui Juntian. Who else can stop him?
Just as Li Shimin was thinking, Fang Xuanling hurried up and said, "Princess Qin is here."
It was Weichi Gong who took the princess back! Li Shimin’s heart is happy to look back and see the rear grandson, Sun Zhen, accompanied by guards. Sun Zhen is worried about Li Shimin’s safety. When he sees Li Shimin at first sight, he can rest assured that his husband is thin but his spirit looks good.
Li Shimin walked quickly to ChangSunZhen’s side and looked at his wife. He held out his hand and touched her face and said, "I’m relieved that you can come safely."
ChangSunZhen shook his head and said, "It’s very dangerous for my husband to fight outside, and my husband will be safe when he is ill." Said ChangSunZhen, turning around, he handed the maid the child in her arms to Li Shimin.
The child is already asleep. Li Shimin looks at the child’s pink face and has a complicated mood. He wants to give his wife and children a stable life, but now it seems that it is difficult to achieve it. Of course, Li Shimin will never give up, but it is a long way to deal with the rebellion.
Li Shimin saw his son sleeping soundly and handed him to ChangSunZhen. "Do you work hard all the way or go back to rest early?"
Chang Sunzhen’s face turned red and nodded. Her husband’s words were somewhat considerate to her and made her very happy. She took the child and was about to turn around when Li Shimin spoke again.
Li Shimin at this time only to find a little different just now he was happy to forget a person Wei Chijingde! Li Shimin, the only general left in his account, is very dependent on him, but why didn’t you see him?
"Where is General Zhen Weichi?" Li Shimin stopped ChangSunZhen asked.
ChangSunZhen looked at Li Shimin strangely and said, "Husband, didn’t you tell him to do things?"
Li Shimin is even more strange. He didn’t ask him to do things. How can ChangSunZhen say that? Li Shimin’s strange grandson Sun Zhen added, "General Wei Chi sent the male and female servants to Puban, and then he turned back and said that he was ordered by his husband and had something important to do."
Chang Sunzhen simply said that suddenly she rang something and handed the child to the maid. She took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Li Shimin. "Husband, this is for the male and female servants to be handed over to you when General Weichi left."
Li Shimin’s heart thumped and he felt a little short of breath. He quickly took the letter from ChangSunZhen and wrote a few big words that stung Li Shimin’s eyes. He tore off the wax and took out the letter. His face suddenly changed and his fingers fell.
Fang Xuanling was so surprised in his heart that he bent down to pick up the letter and glanced at it. He couldn’t help but freeze the corner and swept Li Shimin. He knew that Weichi Gong’s decision was a great blow to Li Shimin.
Chapter one hundred and ten Loyalty, fame and fortune, future