The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 290 Controversial
In the Ganlu Palace, Li Yuan was sitting on the dragon couch. His whole body seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. The white hair on his head was so glaring under the sunlight. elder.

After the news of the disastrous defeat in various places, Li Yuan realized that he was one step behind Yang Tong, so he decided to recall the Tuntian Army and launch a sneak attack on Yongbei in the Sui Dynasty. They had already killed Guanzhong. After the decision was made, another [-] young men were recruited with the support of the powerful and influential officials in Guanlong. Although these people had not experienced battle, they could withstand it for a while.But at the same time, he also realizes that there is a huge gap in the combat power, will, and morale of the two armies. This is an insurmountable gap that cannot be bridged at present. He only asks Li Tang not to hear news of the disastrous defeat, but he also understands that this is very difficult. .

They must win all the way, and finally be able to dominate the world, otherwise, they will become a stepping stone for others.

"Father, no matter whether it is true or not! We should shrink Jingzhao troops to strengthen the defense of Chang'an. Those small counties are no longer meaningful to guard. They are scattered and easy to be defeated one by one by the Sui army! As long as we keep Chang'an, we will still be able to protect Chang'an." If there is a chance of regaining Chang'an, if Chang'an falls, then the only option is to move the capital to the south." After waking up from the shock, Li Jiancheng immediately suggested seriously.

Li Yuan nodded, and said in a good manner: "The emperor's words are extremely true! An order was sent to let the defenders of Jingzhao counties withdraw to Chang'an, and in addition, the nearby Daxing, Huxian, and Shiping counties recruited a group of young adults to enter Chang'an city. , how many are there."

"Here." Li Jiancheng responded, and then said: "I have three other suggestions." [-]. Let Shimin let go of everything in an expedited way of [-] miles, and lead the army back to Chang'an. "

"I'm worried that Shimin is also in trouble." Li Yuan said with a sad face.

Li Jiancheng comforted: "Father, don't worry, Shimin has hundreds of thousands of elites. As long as he withdraws carefully to the Great Earthquake Pass, the Sui army will have nothing to do with him."

"Hmm!" Li Yuan's worry lessened, and he asked, "What are the other two suggestions?"

"The following two suggestions are made for the current Chang'an. First, if the news of the Sui army's large-scale invasion reaches Chang'an, there will be a wave of panic buying of grain. In order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from maliciously raising prices, the nobles of Guanlong are asked to invest in their own grain at a fair price. Grain market; [-]. Arranging officials [-]. The censor is stationed in every square in Chang'an to understand the people's sentiments, control public opinion in a timely manner, and deal with civil disputes in a timely manner, so as to prevent lawless people from taking advantage of the chaos to make trouble. If anyone takes advantage of the chaos to make trouble, they will be killed without mercy." Li Jiancheng lived up to his position as the prince, and within a short while, he prescribed several good prescriptions for Li Yuan. His ability to respond to emergencies was really impressive.

A look of relief suddenly appeared on Li Yuan's face, and he said: "The emperor's three strategies are all good ones, you can handle them on my behalf!"

"Here!"

Li Jiancheng nodded heavily.

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But at this moment, Li Shimin, who was placed high hopes by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, encountered big trouble.

The reason, of course, was the killing plan Li Jing had prepared for him.

Li Jing was the commander of the Great Sui West Route Army, how and when to defeat the enemy was up to him, and Yang Tong did not interfere in the slightest.Li Jing, without the restrictions of the frame and the box, used troops and deployed them like flowing water.

After getting a glimpse of Li Shimin's mind, Li Jing ordered Qin Qiong to enter Tianshui County, and lured the Tianjie Army from Longcheng County, Tianshui County to steal camp and rob the village.

Tianshui County fell into the hands of Li Tang for less than half a year, and it was not in business, and its control was weak. After the main force was wiped out, all counties killed officials and offered their cities one after another.After the war, Qin Qiong ordered Fan Ze to lead an army of [-] troops to suppress the Dazhen Pass. This was to prevent the Tang army from fleeing into the pass, and at the same time, to block the reinforcements from the pass.And I led [-] elite cavalry to attack Longxi County.

When Qin Qiong achieved great success, Xue Wanjun also made great achievements in Longxi, but he fought quite terribly.Li Shimin deployed a 7-strong Pingdao Army and a [-] Tuntian Army here, plus the Tuntian Army that was successively withdrawn from Jincheng County and Fanghan County, with a total strength of [-].

However, Xue Wanjun's troops were more abundant. He held 15 Sui soldiers and [-] Turkic slaves. Under the violent attack, regardless of casualties, he finally built a "human ladder" with [-] slave corpses. Killed Xiangwu City.The Tang army had long been terrified by the tragic death attacks of the Turkic slaves. When the Sui army entered the city, all of them were paralyzed. Fortunately, this is a civil war. He just ordered Tang Jun to use a cart to drag the piles of corpses to be burned near Zhangshui.

When Xue Wanjun finished his service, Qin Qiong and Duan Decao, who had recovered the entire territory of Fanghan and Jincheng, just arrived in Longxi.

As soon as the three met, Li Jing ordered to divide the troops again, and Duan Decao, who was both offensive and defensive, took over the responsibility of sitting in Longxi County, keeping the Tang army outside the gate of the country.

Xue Wanjun went to Hechi again, blocked Sanguan, and then blocked Li Shimin's way back to Guanzhong.However, Qin Qiong led the army into Lintao County, and cooperated with Li Jing to besiege Li Shimin's army, so that the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Li Shimin could not go to Guanzhong to cause trouble for Yang Tong, thus creating a comfortable and good condition for Yang Tong.

The magic of Li Jing's use of troops lies in using one step at a time, not only calculating the offensive and defensive momentum of this step, the enemy's advance and retreat position, but immediately thinking of the next step according to the enemy's situation, whether to attack or defend, where to attack and where to attack, and to defend and defend. Where is it, what can be achieved by attacking, and what is the result of defending.Just like a national Go player, every time he makes a move, he considers the overall victory or defeat. Every time he makes a move, it is to ambush murderous intentions after dozens of moves.

With the help of God-like teammates regardless of personal gains and losses, as long as Yang Tong doesn't make low-level mistakes, he can secure the title of "God of War" and "General Victory" in breaking through the level.

Who doesn't like a capable and sensible subordinate like Li Jing?Who doesn't love it?
It was also under the escort of Li Jing that Tang Jun, who represented Li Tang's absolute main force, could not even enter Guanzhong, let alone break the siege of Guanzhong.Because of this, Guanzhong was surrounded by heavy troops of the Sui Dynasty, isolated and helpless.

now!

In the southeast of Jingzhao, Huayin has the Department of Shenguang——In the East of Jingzhao, there is the Department of Yuchi Gong——In the north of Jingzhao, there is the Department of Su Dingfang——The Department of Pei Xingyan and Wang Fubao in Qianshui, Beidi County, northwest of Jingzhao——In the west of Guanzhong, there is Fan in Guanwai Zebu——There is Xue Wanjun outside the Guanzhong Southwest Sanguan.Guanzhong was besieged from six directions, forming a strategic encirclement, and inside Guanzhong, there was a mobile army led by Yang Tong.

After completing the outflanking and splitting of the Li and Tang Dynasty, the eastern front led by Yang Tong began to approach Chang'an.

Su Dingfang forced the five counties of Huayuan, Sanyuan, Yunyang, Liquan, and Shangyi to surrender, and stationed troops in Jiuyi Mountain, Liquan County, on the west bank of the Jingshui River. Together with Pei Xingyan and Wang Fubao of Beidi County, they surrounded Li Xiaogong's army in Xinping from the south to the north. .

Yu Chigong waited until the follow-up army in Bingzhou entered Jingzhao County from Feng Yi's Xiagu County. Fuping, Wannian, Gaoling, and Jingyang counties also fell without a fight. After that, the troops approached Chang'an City and stationed troops outside Kaiyuan Gate in the northwest of Chang'an .

The progress of the Huayin Shenguang Department was also quite successful. On the night he conquered Huayin, Tongguan guard general Liu Gang led the Tianji Army of Guanzhong [-]th Middle School to surrender to the Sui Dynasty. He was one of Wei Xuan's unnamed disciples. Wei Xuan's order to break into the Tang army was Wei Xuan's backup for Yang Tong. After changing the flag, he continued to sit in Tongguan to defend against Wang Shichong of the Kanto.After Shen Guanglian conquered Weinan and Xinfeng counties, he stationed troops at Tonghua Gate in the northeast of Chang'an City.

Since then, all Jingzhao counties in the north of the Weishui River have been recovered by the Sui Dynasty, and the east has been repeatedly conquered by Shen Guang. Li Tang's territory in Guanzhong, only Fufeng County and one-third of Jingzhao County are left, and the situation is precarious.

Yang Tong's troops were quite sufficient, and he mobilized more than 20 elite Sui troops on the Eastern Front alone. In fact, he made such a big move not just for a Guanzhong, but more to annihilate Li Yuan's vital forces.In this way, when Li Yuan flees to the south, he will not have the overwhelming power to dominate the south. The major forces in the south are intertwined. If everyone has the same strength, it will last for a long time. Hehe, Yang Tong's opportunity has come.

In addition, Yang Tong also had more than 4 Tang troops who surrendered. This is also an elite army capable of fighting, but they cannot immediately go into battle and need to be reorganized.Yang Tong handed over the reorganization to Yu Chigong, and he personally led the Xuanjia Army and Xiaoguo Army to the north to Xinping.Only by defeating the [-] army led by Li Xiaogong can the troops of Pei Xingyan, Wang Fubao and Su Dingfang be revived.

Li Xiaogong is quite controversial in history.

Li Xiaogong is not as famous as Fang Mou Duan, and he is far behind Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng, and compared with Li Jingyi, he is even worse.But such a person can be ranked No. 24 among the 2 heroes of Li Shimin Lingyan Pavilion.

Although Li Shimin in history said that the establishment of 24 ministers in Lingyan Pavilion is to commemorate old comrades in arms, there is no distinction between high and low, but there are so many famous generals and celebrities who have contributed to Li Tang. Only after the eldest grandson Wuji?

Li Xiaogong is Li Yuan's nephew and a seasoned general. After Li Yuan conquered the capital, he worshiped Li Xiaogong as Dr. Zuo Guanglu, and soon he was appointed as the comfort ambassador of Shannan Road. He led the army straight into Bashu and surrendered thirty Yuzhou.Although he is a military commander, his methods of leading troops are quite gentle, and he often treats those who belong to him with courtesy and comfort. Therefore, he is quite famous among the people, and he often writes to the point that the soldiers are bloodless, thus saving the lives of many soldiers. It can be called the word "benevolence".

In the third year of Wude in history, Li Xiaogong attacked Xiao Xian, who ruled Jiangnan. Prepare for milling.

Li Shimin fought life and death in the north. Li Xiaogong first pacified Bashu, and then the south of the Yangtze River. In terms of the size of the territory he contributed, Li Xiaogong was no worse than Li Shimin.When it comes to the military exploits of the Tang Dynasty in pacifying the world, Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong are the unshakable first and second.

There is a huge controversy about this matter.

The main reason is that when Li Xiaogong was in the south, he still had a godly teammate by his side—the military god Li Jing.

Therefore, everyone basically said that Li Xiaogong's credit is entirely due to Li Jingzhi.People often talk about Li Xiaogong, and Li Jing will step in, so the debate on whether Li Xiaogong or Li Jing was the military exploit in the pacification of the south began.

Some people say that Li Jing was praised as the god of war because Li Shimin attributed the credit for the founding of the Tang Dynasty to Li Jing.This statement is also reasonable, because everyone in the world knows that Li Jing is Li Shimin's best friend, and attributing the credit to Li Jing can prove Li Shimin's ability to know and employ people from the side.

But it is undeniable that during the attack on the south, Li Xiaogong was the main general and Li Jing was the deputy. Li Jing's military talent is recognized as strong, and it is not impossible to say that Li Xiaogong borrowed the light.

But having said that, whether it is the strategist or the executor, both of them are a team, and a single person alone cannot fight a war.

Therefore, even though Li Jing is the god of war, Li Xiaogong cannot be said to be useless. At least, Li Xiaogong can know people and make good use of them. There is room for Li Jing to shine... Just like Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms can't fight, but he can employ people, and finally established the Kingdom of Shu, but who can deny Liu Bei's achievements?

But judging from the present, Li Xiaogong performed quite well. In the absence of Li Jing, he defeated several counties in Bashu and Jingzhou. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one hero of Li Tang.But Li Shimin's performance in this space is quite tragic. He has been operating in the Hehuang area of ​​Liangzhou for so many years, not to mention nothing, and he has lost troops. Now Li Jing leads the cavalry to chase after him and shoot arrows.And because Qin Qiong cut off his retreat from Lintao to Guanzhong in the east and Shu in the south, and because there were high-level spies inside and the army could not be supplemented, the situation was quite grim and the situation was quite bad.

Thinking of Li Xiaogong, Yang Tong felt a bit like the "Li Xiaogong" in history, because Li Jing's restraint, regardless of gains and losses, made him so chic.In the future, when people talk about the military exploits of 'Yang Tong', will Li Jing always interject?

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