The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 280 Attacking the Sui Dynasty
A few days later, at the Sui army camp in Heshui County, Honghua County, Qin Qiong, clad in military uniform and admiringly hanging from his waist, said loudly, "The last general will see the governor."

"Shubao, please sit down!" Li Jing, who was on the main seat, nodded with a smile and said, "How many people have you brought?"

"Thirty thousand elite cavalry, I dare not say that it is comparable to our elites of the Sui Dynasty, but they are definitely first-class elites." Qin Qiong replied confidently. The method of training elite soldiers is the same as that of generals. While governing the region and paying attention to Guanzhong, Baicheng learned the art of war and trained elite soldiers, with remarkable results.

"Haha, good!" Li Jing said happily.

"Thank you, Dudu!" Qin Qiong first waved his hands to Pei Xingyan, Su Dingfang, Xue Wanbei and the other generals, and then sat down.

"Your Highness Xinying from Yecheng agreed to launch the Battle of Guanzhong!" Li Jing looked at the generals in the tent and said solemnly: "His Highness appointed me as the commander of the West Route Army, responsible for annihilating Li Shimin's 15 troops, and The [-] garrison troops outside Tianshui captured several counties in Liangzhou and completely cut off Li Tang's claws extending to Liangzhou; Pei Xingyan, your task is to take down Shangjun with lightning speed and contain the Tang army in Guanzhong; Su Dingfang, your mission is to go south to Fengyi County, capture Hancheng County and Longmen Pass, and occupy the bridgehead for the Hedong Army. If His Highness successfully crosses Pujin Pass, then you will go south to join the army. Remember, this is you The main task of the two of you is to complete this task before considering other things. When His Highness leads an army from Hedong, you will help break into Jingzhao!"

"Here!" Pei Xingyan and Su Dingfang's eyes lit up, and they licked their lips excitedly. This is the rhythm of a big battle!
"Shubao, your task is to take down Anding and Tianshui, and then take advantage of the cavalry to cut off Li Shimin's connection with Guanzhong."

"Here!"

"I lead a main force of [-] people, and together with the [-] mine slaves of Xue Wanjun, governor of Huining County, conquer Jincheng and Fanghan County, and forcefully shake Li Shimin's camp!"

To be honest, this is a customary method of warfare of the Sui Dynasty, which is to use absolute elite force to crush the enemy in terms of strength.It can't reflect the commander's military talent, but on the other hand, if he has the strength to crush everything, who will rack his brains and calculate his opponent with fear?
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"What an eventful year! The Liao people are making trouble again."

Chang'an Taiji Palace, inside the Ganlu Hall.

Li Yuan shook his head and sighed, rubbed his aching forehead, and dropped a memorial in his hand. This is a memorial from Bashu. The next mess.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Bashu Liao people have come and gone one after another. They have been rebelling and destroying the economy and farming in various places, bringing great turmoil to the entire country. To fight against the outside world, you must first settle the inside. If you can't completely subdue the Liao people , it will definitely be a confidant's trouble during the Eastern Expedition in the future! Especially the mountain bureaucrats in the Meishan area must be dealt with severely!" Chen Shuda said.

Liao people are not a group of people or a minority of people in a place, but the collective name of the uncivilized minority people who lived in the mountains and fields in the Tang Dynasty.Among them, the people who rebelled the most were the Liao people in Shu.

Xiao Yu said: "It's easy to say, but these people live in remote mountains, and most of them live in deep mountains and old forests, which is not conducive to the encirclement and suppression of the army. And the army needs to spend a lot of money and food. If the war lasts, the national power will be wasted countless But if there are fewer troops, not only can we not take the brave Liao people, but they will kill the entire army by taking advantage of the favorable location of the mountains and forests, which is really a headache!"

Since ancient times, suppressing bandits has been hard work.

There are too many troops, and if they hide in the mountains, you can't even find ghosts!If the stalemate continues, the consumption of a large amount of food and wages will make the country's finances miserable.But there are fewer troops to go, and they will fight with you, and you will be eaten up by the bandits if you are not careful.

Li Jiancheng said: "Although the Luzhou Liao people's rebellion is powerful, it is a disease of scabies after all. With Zhang Shigui, the Duke of Guo, the scourge should not be serious. It just takes time to clear it up. However, the Sui army has been imminent recently. There is a hidden intention to send troops to invade the border, but we have to guard against it."

Li Yuan's face was also worried. He originally thought that as long as Goguryeo dragged Yang Tong into the quagmire of war, so that he could have time to rest and recuperate, it would only take three years, no, just one year, and he would be able to build the current territory into an iron-clad area. One piece of barrel, when the time comes to take a defensive position against the Sui Dynasty, it is completely possible to sweep the princes of the Central Plains.It's a pity that Goguryeo was too weak, and it didn't give him time to practice his internal skills without external interference, and the performance of the Sui army's combat power in this battle once again attracted the attention of the world, less than half a month Annihilating 20 enemies on the mainland of Goguryeo, breaking through Pyongyang, and finally forcing Goguryeo to cede land to beg for mercy. This powerful battle is really appalling.Such a demonic army has the potential to attack Guanzhong. If it brings a victorious army to the west, will Guanzhong be able to defend it?Once he falls, where will Li Tang go?

Everyone was silent. Datang had a bad fate. When will the situation calm down?Everyone's heart is heavy.

"I want to know if the Sui Dynasty will come to attack Guanzhong, and everyone can talk freely?" Li Yuan's face was gloomy, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he said: "If the Sui army comes, can the Tang army hold Guanzhong? ?”

Liu Wenjing came out and said: "If the heroes of the Central Plains are wolves, then Yang Tong is a tiger. Once he travels south, the princes of the Central Plains will attack him. Therefore, Yang Tong can take Qingzhou or not, which shows that he does not want to Too early to fall into the melee of the princes of the Central Plains. Now Goguryeo and the Turks have no deterrent power against the Sui Dynasty, but my Tang Dynasty has restrained his military force of more than [-], and the long-term confrontation has cost him countless dollars. If he wins In Guanzhong and Liangzhou, he only needs to use a small amount of military power to occupy Tongguan, Wuguan, Sanguan and the north bank of the Yellow River, and he can sit back and relax and watch the princes of all parties lose. The reason is not to attack Datang."

At this time, Xiao Yu who was next to him interjected, "I agree with Liu Xiang's words, and Yang Tong may indeed use troops against us in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuan frowned slightly, "Why did Aiqing say that?"

Xiao Yu smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "From some clues, it can be judged that Yang Tong has been targeting the Tang Dynasty from the beginning to the end. For example, the Sui Dynasty promoted Yanhuang Tongbao under its own rule, and then used all kinds of bad money in the past to buy from Guanzhong, Bashu bought a large amount of supplies, which caused the prices of these two places to skyrocket, and the people complained, and then he took the opportunity to send troops to attack Bingzhou."

What Xiao Yu said was because the Tang Dynasty learned a profound lesson. Yang Tong asked merchants to buy a large amount of materials in Guanzhong with the waste of five baht, which caused a shortage of goods in Chang'an and a sharp rise in prices. After Li Tang captured Bashu, he wanted to use Materials from Bashu came to stabilize prices in Guanzhong, but found that they were bought by Yang Yu again. In the end, Li Yuan had to seek help from the nobles of Guanlong to overcome the difficulties and stabilize prices.

Later, my Tang Dynasty also found copper mines and obtained a large amount of copper ingots, and then began to issue Kaiyuan Tongbao, which belonged to the Tang Dynasty, to restore the currency disadvantage.

Xiao Yu went on to say: "Now the Sui Dynasty has changed another important method, that is, a large number of books poured into Guanzhong in an overwhelming manner, and exchanged for the supplies in Guanzhong. I hope that it will cause prices to rise, which will cause panic in Guanzhong, and then take advantage of the trend. Attack Guanzhong."

Hearing this, Li Yuan and his son looked at each other knowingly. The reason why this book could enter Guanzhong unimpeded is that their father and son supported Lingyun Trading Company under Li Yuanji's command and supported them to buy and sell books from the Sui Dynasty. It is to offset the advantage of the nobles in Guanlong, but the exchange is not the material that Xiao Yu said, but hard currency such as gold and silver, which has no effect on the court at all, but Xiao Yu is also a member of the noble family, so it is natural for flooding The books are deeply disgusting.

"One more point is what Liu Xiang said. Yang Tong could easily kill Dou Jiande, but he didn't do it. He obviously wanted to leave a buffer between the Sui and Wei Dynasties. Tell Li Mi in this way that he Yang Tong He doesn’t want to enter the Central Plains yet. According to this analysis, his next goal can only be Guanzhong. Please prepare for the war, Your Majesty.”

Xiao Yu's analysis made Li Yuan feel very heavy, which was actually what he had been worrying about all along.If the Sui army invaded, then Beidi and Shangjun would be the first to bear the brunt. Once these two counties were lost, the Sui army's troops would point directly at Chang'an.The Tang Dynasty had to move the capital, and it was only natural that the counties of Guanzhong and Liangzhou were lost in the end.

This huge pressure made Li Yuan often wake up from his dreams, but he was unwilling to take the initiative to face it, let alone bring it up.

Today Liu Wenjing and Xiao Yu made him unable to deceive himself and others, and could only be forced to face the crisis.

Li Yuan finally sighed, "Tell me about your plan!"

Liu Wenjing had already had a plan in mind, so she quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the Tuntian Army should be brought back immediately to preemptive strikes. As long as we take down the eight counties of Yan'an, Honghua, Pingliang, Huining, Lingwu, Yanchuan, Shuofang, and Diaoyin , and then drive the Sui army back to the north of the Shuofang Great Wall, then the entire Yongzhou is the territory of our Tang Dynasty. With the Shuofang Great Wall in hand, it will completely change our passive situation. The whole situation will be revitalized."

But it was Bingzhou that Li Yuan never forgot. Taiyuan was Li Tang's birthplace, and he wanted to take it back in his dream. He interrupted Liu Wenjing's exposition and asked, "What about Bingzhou, haven't you considered it?"

Liu Wenjing was frightened by Li Yuan's ambition, and it took her a while to shake her head with a wry smile: "I mean to capture the eight counties in Guanbei with lightning speed. To achieve this goal is already the limit of our army. As for Bingzhou It is still relatively far away, after all, the strength of the Sui army is there, and when they react, our army will fall into the stage of comprehensive defense. After stabilizing this situation, it will not be too late to unite with the princes of the Central Plains to deal with the Sui Dynasty."

Li Yuan said: "That may not be the case!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Duguzheng and Dou Wei sneered at the same time. This unanimous sneer chilled everyone's hearts, and the hall suddenly fell silent. Li Yuan felt slightly displeased, but then remembered that these two were noblemen from Guanlong First of all, I still need their support, so I can only hold back the anger in my heart.

"I think what Liu Xiang said is very true. The most urgent thing to do is to open up the predicament for Datang. We shouldn't think about those things that are out of reach. Li Tang doesn't have that strength." Dugu smiled coldly and said: "Bingzhou Now it is the core interests of the Sui Dynasty. From Yang Tong’s habitual strength, if we touch his core interests, he will definitely fight to the death. He has a population of more than 800 million, accounting for almost half of the world. , Yang Tong has won the hearts of the people, and it is a matter of raising millions of troops under his rule. With Ashina Simo under his control, does the Holy One think Li Tang can handle it?"

Dugu was almost mad at Li Yuan's ignorance, arrogance, and arrogance.

"Father, my son agrees with Liu Xiangzhi, the Sui Dynasty will not give in because of our compromise." Li Jiancheng resolved Li Yuan's embarrassment in a timely manner.

Li Yuan's body shook slightly, and he said slowly: "First call the Tuntian Army back to Jian! As for how to send troops, let me think about it..."

In fact, he was persuaded, just as Li Jiancheng said, Yang Tong would not let the Tang Dynasty go because of Li Yuan's fear.Instead of being passive everywhere and being forced to move the capital miserably, it would be better to preemptively take down the entire Yongzhou.

The more important reason is that Li Tang's long-term uselessness has made the Guanlong nobles extremely dissatisfied, which can be seen from the increasingly impatient and disrespectful attitudes of Duguzheng and Dou Wei.If there is nothing more to do, the Guanlong nobles will definitely abandon the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty without the support of the Guanlong nobles will collapse in the end. This is a consequence that Li Yuan cannot afford.Li Tang has no way to retreat, no matter what, no matter what the result is, Li Yuan must take the initiative to launch a big war against the Sui Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan finally made up his mind to seize the whole territory of Yongzhou with all the troops of Li and Tang...

(End of this chapter)