Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 555 Half of the Combat Strength Is Abolished (Part [-])
The second fifty-seventh chapter of the battle is half abolished

The night was dark, Li Yuan sat on the throne, but he didn't feel sleepy.There are three things that bother him the most at this time, but each one is more difficult than the other.

The important town of Hedong, Luzhou fell.Luzhou is actually Shangdang County in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The area around the four prefectures of Luze, Liaoqin in ancient Luze was a highland surrounded by mountains. (also known as Hedong) borders, "Shi Ming" says: "The party, the place, is the highest on the mountain, so it is called Shangdang also."

Shangdang is known as the spine of the world, "Looking down at Zhongzhou, elbowing Hedong, and Bingzhou, it is called the throat of Jin State." The situation is very dangerous, so it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. However, the loss of this state made the situation in Hedong deteriorate rapidly. stand up.What is most beneficial to Dou Jiande at this time is that with the loss of Luzhou, Hebei and Hedong have been united at this time.

This made the Tang Dynasty's situation in Hedong even more passive.

Li Yuan's second worrying thing is that Li Jiancheng's power is getting bigger and bigger. As Xue Wanche, the governor of Jingzhou, and Yang Wenqian, the governor of Gyeongju, followed Li Jiancheng on his expedition to Hedong, under Li Yuan's instruction, Li Jiancheng quickly expanded his army. Parts have exceeded [-].

If you count the more than [-] troops under Chen Yingjie's control, plus the tens of thousands of troops under the command of Li (Luo) Yi, the governor of Youzhou and the Duke of Yan, Li Jiancheng can directly command more than one hundred thousand troops.These troops are different from those led by Li Shimin. These local troops are no better than the sixteen guards.In other words, even an imperial decree from Li Yuan may not be better than Li Jiancheng's Prince's Decree.

This violated Li Yuan's original intention of being weak and strong.In particular, Li Jiancheng asked him to call Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, to enter the customs, which made Li Yuan feel very embarrassed. If Chen Ying, Xue Wanche, Yang Wenqian, and Li Yi joined forces, Li Jiancheng could command tens of thousands of troops .This gave Li Yuan a feeling of being out of control.

Not ignorance, but a surprise, Li Jiancheng can directly command more than 15 troops, which makes Li Yuan not only annoyed, but frightened.

In ancient times, especially in the emperor's family, the relationship between father and son was very indifferent.The emperor who usurped his father with his son, Li Shimin is actually not No.1 in history.As early as the period of King Chu Cheng, Shang Chen, the son of King Chu Cheng, because King Chu Cheng had been emperor for too long (46 years), and King Chu Cheng was in very good health, Shang Chen got his father, King Chu Cheng, who wanted to change the establishment. The prince was appointed as the prince, so he led troops to surround the palace and forced King Cheng of Chu to hang himself to death. He became king of Chu Mu himself.

What annoys Li Yuan the most is actually not Hedong, but Lingzhou.Pei Ju, the former Commander of the Eastern Palace, sits in Lingzhou. Originally, Pei Ju had only a vacant position and no real power.However, with the news of the Turkic southward movement, Li Yuan had to delegate power to Pei Ju to control the military affairs of the six prefectures of Ji, Ling, Yan, Xia, Yin, Feng, and Sheng. More than [-] people and horses.

In fact, Li Yuan also understood that these men and horses were actually Chen Ying's old troops, mainly left and right guards of Lingwu. (Shan Xiongxin) also logically became the general of Pei Ju's left and right armies.In this way, Li Jiancheng's strength became stronger. A prince who had the real power to oversee the country and directly ruled more than half of the elite army of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the elite troops in Li Jiancheng's hands at this time, and there were as many as [-] Hu cavalry.

These Hu cavalrymen themselves don't have any concerns about loyalty, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, benevolence and trust. They will only obey the orders of their masters, and rebellion is like a family meal.

Li Yuan has a very strong guard against Hu people. Hu people generally have a robber mentality and habits. When they see beautiful women, they feel like they are in love. When they see property, they want to grab it. You must know that the reason why the neighboring enterprises could not stand the laws of Chang'an Restraint, followed by rebellion, corrupted dozens of counties in Lizhou and Shizhou, and tens of thousands of people died tragically.

The key is that Lingzhou now has more than [-] Hu Qi, which makes Li Yuan feel restless.

Now Li Jiancheng's influence is strong enough, but the Turkic people came to join in the fun again. With an army of 30 going south, Li Yuan had to pinch his nose to increase Li Jiancheng's military power.

For Li Yuan, every point of military power is taken, which is like cutting his flesh.

Pei Ji was simply a roundworm in Li Yuan's stomach. Seeing Li Yuan frowning, he guessed Li Yuan's concerns.He tentatively said: "Your Majesty, if not, transfer His Royal Highness King Zhao north to Lingzhou?"

Zhao Wang, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao Jun.The duo of Li Xiaogong and Li Jing recruited and appointed the children of the leaders of the Bashu area, and expressed their recommendation to the outside world, but in their heart they took them as hostages.He recruited the powerful children of Bashu and the clansmen as soldiers, and prepared to build twelve armies in a short period of time, each with 1 troops.Now it is so heavy that Xiao Mi only has the strength to breathe, and he has no power to parry.

At the same time, Li Xiaogong, Prince of Zhao Jun, did not favor either the Crown Prince or the King of Qin. He belonged to the imperial party and belonged to Li Yuan.

Once Li Xiaogong goes north, no matter his qualifications or prestige, he can overwhelm Pei Ju, and he can completely seize the military power of Lingzhou, defend the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, and become the fence in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan realized that this was killing two birds with one stone. It could not only weaken the prince's military power, but also defend Lingzhou.

At this moment, Li Yuan was really moved.

It's just that they haven't waited for Li Yuan to make a final decision.

At this time, Yu Yanzhang, the general of the Zuojian gate guard, entered the hall without a trace, cupped his hands to Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, great joy, great joy!"

Li Yuan stood up abruptly, looked at Yu Yanzhang and said, "You mean the Turks have retreated?"

Yu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "General Champion, go north along the Yongji Canal and reach Mingzhou, the capital of Dou Jiande."

Li Yuan suddenly rushed to the huge map of the side hall, the Yongji Canal, the main newly built section was excavated from the left bank of the Qin River in Huaizhou, and the water from the Qin River was diverted to Baigou in Liyang. This section is about [-] miles, from Liyang to the north, This is the time when Emperor Cao Weiwu conquered Yuan Tan in the north. In order to complete the battle, Emperor Cao Weiwu stopped Qishui from entering Baigou to connect the grain road.

After the repair of Cao Wei, the water volume of Baigou increased, and together with the Qinghe River connected to it, it became the main line of water transport in Hebei.In fact, this section is just dredging again, and the amount of work has been greatly weakened.After careful calculation, Yang Guang built the so-called Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. According to incomplete statistics, only one-third of the canal project with a total length of more than [-] is newly built, and most of it is on the old canal. Straight, since then, the amount of work has actually been greatly reduced.

Of course, even so, the Grand Canal is a world-famous huge project.

But the most important thing is that the Yongji Canal can reach Mingzhou directly, which is enough.

Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.Chang'an is much farther away from Liyang than Jinzhou. At this time, he got the news, and Dou Jiande must have got the news too. Not to mention Chen Ying's unpredictable siege method, even Yanmen Pass, one of the most important passes in the world, can only Chen Ying resisted for a day, and the danger of Hangu Pass was only for an hour. I am afraid that Leshou City is so great that it can resist for three to five days, and it is impossible to defend it.

Once Chen Ying breaks through Le Shou, Hou Dou Jiande will have no choice but to bow his head and proclaim himself a minister.

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In Chen Ying's head, he had no other thoughts at this moment, but to win glory for the country.However, small stars began to appear in Fukada Kanon's bright eyes.If she met a sloppy old man, she would resign to her fate and act like a ghost with her eyes closed, but she met Chen Ying instead.

It's not that Fukada Kanon has never seen a man before, but she has never seen such a beautiful man.The point is that this man is very powerful, sending her to the clouds again and again.

At this moment, Fukada Kanon seemed to be in the middle of a storm, she was like a flat boat that might capsize at any time.

In the end, Fukada Kanon's body was rotten into a ball of mud, and Chen Ying had no energy. Winning glory for the country was a hard work, and Chen Ying was also secretly surprised, who did not expect that this little girl, who seemed weak and inexperienced, had such amazing endurance.

Winning glory for the country overnight, Chen Ying got up with dark circles under his eyes, but he didn't expect that when he just opened his eyes, Fukada Kanon would wake up energetically in the morning.Like a little wife, she took the washing water and sent it to Chen Ying.

Fukada Kanon passed by Chen Ying overnight, she seemed to be like a flower bathed in nectar, very delicate and beautiful, and then looked at her dark circles in the water basin, Chen Ying murmured inwardly: "It's really a dog!"

In the morning, Chen Ying met with the generals.All the generals showed a tacit smile, and their brows were full of exhaustion.

Chen Ying clicked his tongue secretly, these twenty or so Japanese women are very tough, they just destroyed half of the fighting power of Chen Ying's generals in just one night.

(End of this chapter)