The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 472 The Change of Nanyang
The elites of the Three Routes of the Sui Dynasty pointed directly at Changyuan, Yang Yu was in Luoyang and commanded in the center; Li Shimin was actively preparing for the war, Li Tang sent troops to the west, and Prince Li Jiancheng personally took command... A series of news made Hongnong attract the attention of the world.

For Da Sui, this battle seems to be only a large-scale battle. Winning seems to be just icing on the cake, and losing doesn't seem to hurt Daya. However, Yang Tong has never lost once since his debut, and Tang Jun has never won. Once in the Sui army, the most important thing is that everyone knows that the morale of the Tang army is not high, so everyone is generally not optimistic about the Tang army.

Winning or losing is not important to the Sui Dynasty, but Li Tang is very concerned about it. If he wins, he will save Hongnong and the army, and boost the morale of Li Tang's government. Needless to say, the Sui army must have taken advantage of the victory to pursue, not to mention attacking the city of Xiangyang, but at least they could take Hongnong County. It is estimated that Li Shentong's team is not good enough. Li Shentong is not a well-known general. If he is not Li Yuan's cousin and is reused exceptionally, no one would know that there is such a person. He is famous all over the world. Zhan was defeated and captured alive by Yang Tong at the foot of Hedong City, and then Li Tang Dynasty spent a lot of money to redeem him and Pei Ji
And who is confronting him?
Qin Qiong, who is famous all over the world and has countless reputations.

Qin Qiong has participated in all the battles since Yang Tong’s founding, but in all the wars led by Yang Tong, Qin Qiong is the leader of a partial division. After leaving Yang Tong for independence, he wiped out nearly 20 elite divisions of Jieli Khan outside the Great Wall. Outstanding meritorious service is no longer enough to describe what he has done to his family. Although he is not worthy of ascending to the altar, he has also entered the ranks of famous commanders in the world.

Can Li Shentong play with others?
Judging from the two people's experience, military exploits, force, strategy, courage, etc., Li Tang found out to the great dismay that there seemed to be nothing comparable to Li Shentong, and even his face was not as good-looking as others, and his figure was not as good. He was tall and burly, and everyone realized that this was not a level game at all.

Well, the national war is not determined by the head coach, but the army's combat power, equipment and equipment are not as good as others, so it is too hopeless.

Comparing one by one, Li Shentong has no advantage at all, uh, it can’t be said that, at least Li Shentong can make more money than Qin Qiong, and is richer than Qin Qiong...

Is this an advantage?
From the perspective of Li Shentong's family, being ruthless in making money is indeed an advantage!But from the perspective of the people of the country, it is not a good thing. Some people suspect that Li Shentong withheld military pay and resold supplies, causing many soldiers to be naked.Even the knives are made of wood, but they are just coated with a layer of lacquer to hide people's eyes and ears. How can such weapons cut against the sophisticated weapons of the Sui army?This kind of rumor has already been spread in Nanyang, especially in the military camp, which naturally caused a lot of chaos.

This rumor was quite strange, like a kind of rootless water, which suddenly rose up in Nanyang, and after several days of spreading, it finally reached the ears of Li Jiancheng in Zhuyangguan.

Zhuyang Pass!
Seeing the urgent report sent by Nanyang, Li Jiancheng frowned into the word "Chuan", and the anger burst out of his heart.

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For Li Jiancheng, his trip north to the Central Plains is also divided into three steps. The first step is to consolidate the two counties of Xiyang and Nanyang. His approach is to learn from the methods of the Sui Dynasty and replace all the officials of the two counties with completely credible Tang officials. It is not the enemy officials who surrendered before, or the local gentry; the former has a bad surrender record and cannot be trusted, while the latter's family interests are all in the local area. If the Sui army threatens them with this, the possibility of surrender is extremely high. Only with these people can Li Tang's absolute control over the two counties be ensured.

The second step is to sit at Zhuyangguan and threaten Xue Wanjun of the Shangluo Sui Army to ensure the smooth passage of Li Shimin from Hongnong Changyuan to Lushi and Zhuyangguan.

The last third step is to go north to Hongnong, join forces with Li Shimin, and strive to defeat Yang Shanhui and Baoxia Hongnong, the wedge between Guanzhong and the Central Plains, so as to advance eastward to Luoyang, or northward to Hedong, or westward. Guanzhong left a strategic forward position, which was also the imperial court's expectation.

As for the imperial court's optimism of defeating the Sui army, taking advantage of the trend to enter Henan, trapping Luoyang, and capturing Yang Tong alive, Li Jiancheng believed that it was unrealistic, daydreaming, and fallacies that could not see the current situation clearly. It is estimated that it hit Yang Tong's arms.

It’s not that he harbors the pessimism that Li and Tang will be defeated, but that Li Jiancheng, as the crown prince of a country, is very sober and well aware of the gap in national strength between the enemy and us. If he blindly expands the territory, the limited army of the Tang Dynasty will be scattered into a mess. , and thus were swallowed up one by one by the numerous and well-educated Sui army. As a result, the land could not be obtained and the army was wiped out.Just ask, what is the use of this short-lived territory?
And this is also why he focused on managing Xiyang and Nanyang after he went north. In the eyes of some people in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Tong was a lunatic who was good at taking risks and daring to take risks. The Liaodong battle of the Xi people, the Mayi battle with Shibi Khan, the feat of moving to the grassland for thousands of miles, or the Saibei battle with the eastern Turkic Jieli Khan and the western Turkic Yehu Khan at the same time, are all unmanned. We are optimistic about the war with fewer enemies and more enemies. Although Yang Tong won in the end, everyone still thinks he is a lunatic, and being an enemy of the world's aristocratic family also proves this point.

Li Jiancheng didn't think so. After so many years of confrontation, he has been carefully studying Yang Tong's every move, and finally found that Yang Tong is not only not an adventurous man, but a man full of stability, but all of them are hidden in the "crazy" It's just under the surface.He believes that Yang Tong has the confidence to win, so leading the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty to fight a war that everyone in the world looks down upon, occupying a territory, governing a territory, and understanding a territory is actually a very stable concept, but others Betrayed by his crazy side.On the contrary, in the Tang Dynasty, the idea of ​​arrogance and contempt for the enemy has always been prevailing. It is not that the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty are all fools, but that they have a sense of superiority in their bones as the children of the aristocratic family. They look down on Yang Tong, look down on The civil and military men of the Sui Dynasty who were born with 'mud legs', even though the Tang Dynasty was defeated again and again in fact, they still look down on the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty, what can you do?This made Li Jiancheng very helpless.

Although Li Jiancheng knew that the Tang army in the hands of his second brother Li Shimin would be the key target of the Sui army, he did not mean that he was relaxed. If Li Shimin was defeated, the main force of the Tang army would be wiped out, which would be of no benefit to the country; secondly, the Sui army would take all of Li Shimin's The army will not allow him to withdraw his troops to the south safely. In this way, he who is in charge of responding will be the first to be fiercely attacked by the Sui army. If he is a little careless, he will not be able to protect himself.

But he never expected that such a big scandal would happen before the battle started. Moreover, Li Shentong was still a core member of the prince's department. If it was true, he, the prince, could hardly be blamed.

Of course, what worried him even more was his keen awareness that something had changed in the battle situation.This scandal can be said to be extremely detrimental to both the country and himself.

When Li Jiancheng was thinking about countermeasures urgently, a soldier reported: "His Royal Highness, King Qi and Mr. Changsun have something important to see."

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(Correct is Jin Wang Li Shimin, Qi Wang Li Yuanji. I made a mistake in the previous chapters, and it has been corrected now!! I am sorry to ask for rewards... I impudently ask brothers and sisters who have tickets to vote, monthly tickets and recommendation tickets are acceptable Make this book a hit or two, please brothers and sisters.)
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