Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 817

The first year of Qin Kaihuang (the 13th year of Daye), November.

Winter has come.

The gateway to Guanzhong, Tongguan.

This pass is located in the east of the Guanzhong Plain, occupying the key point of the three provinces of Qin, Jin and Henan.

Its situation is very dangerous, with the Qinling Mountains in the south, the Forbidden Valley in the southeast, the Weiluo River in the north, the Yellow River hugging the river, and Huayue in the west.

Surrounded by mountains, peaks and peaks, deep valleys and cliffs, high mountains and narrow roads.

"No wonder it is said that Xiaolu is competing with apes, and the road in the world is only Tongguan." Luo Cunxiao looked at this Guanzhong gateway, and shook his head after reading it.

"We were still a step late. Wang Shichong, the old tortoise, ran fast, and went directly to Tongguan."

Luo Cunxiao watched for a long time, and finally waved, "Send the order to retreat."

"Just withdraw like this?" Several generals were a little surprised. After chasing Wang Shichong all the way here, they withdrew?
Luo Cunxiao said twice, "Don't think that I'm just stunned, this Tongguan is so dangerous, and Li Yuan even sent his son Li Jiancheng to visit, and now there are [-] Tang troops stationed in Tongguan, let alone Wang Shichong, an old boy who was killed by Li Jiancheng. Arranged in the Forbidden Valley in the southeast of Tongguan, [-] Zheng troops guarded the Twelve Links City, strangled the trail east of Tongguan."

Coupled with the fact that Yang Yichen personally led [-] Hedong soldiers and horses to the southern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain in Xie County, Hedong County on the north bank of the Yellow River. For Luo Cunxiao, there was nothing to miss about the situation in front of him.

He came from Xingyang, and did not stop when he arrived in Luoyang. He has been chasing him non-stop. During this time, he has marched thousands of miles. At this time, there are only [-] people around him, and the soldiers are also very tired.

If you are not careful, maybe this army will be made dumplings here.

"Since the old boy Wang Shichong has fled into Guanzhong, forget it, let's retreat."

Luo Cunxiao withdrew as soon as he said he would withdraw, and he did not procrastinate. Taking advantage of the fact that several groups of soldiers and horses had not yet arrived, he withdrew from Tongguan to the east.

This withdrawal is two hundred miles.

Withdrew all the way from Tongguan to Shan County, where he no longer withdrew.

The army is divided into two divisions, one is stationed in the city of Shanxian County, and the other is stationed in Changping Cangcheng in the southwest of Shanxian County.

This Changping granary was established in the third year of Kaihuang, and it was also one of the six major granaries in the Sui Dynasty.Because the Yellow River near Shan County has dangerous shoals and torrents, it is difficult for water transport ships to pass through, so when the grain ships arrive here, they can only transport grain ashore, transfer it by land for dozens of miles, and then transport it to Chang'an in Guanzhong by water.

In order to transfer grain, a Changping warehouse was specially set up in Shan County. The grain coming from the east was first sent to the Changping warehouse, and then transferred to Guanzhong.

"Wei Wang, this Changping warehouse is almost an empty warehouse city."

Hearing this news, Luo Cunxiao didn't take it seriously.

Li Mi and Wang Shichong have been fighting fiercely in this area of ​​Luoyang for three years. They are both masters of neither development nor production. They rely on the Yellow River canal and several large granaries near the capital to support them. It was accumulated during Kaihuang and Daye years.

"Only those guys, who just know how to fight and seize territory, will win or lose sooner or later."

There are many grain cellars in Changping Cangcheng, and one cellar can store three thousand stones of grain.Because the underground grain cellar storage technology is adopted, the most storable shelled millet can be stored in the warehouse for nine years.

But no matter how much food is stored, it is not enough for them to squander like that.

After retiring to Shan County, Luo Cunxiao just stood still, did not strengthen the city defenses, and did not train soldiers and horses.

This movement made Li Yuan's scouting horses very strange, so the news came back.

Li Yuan in Chang'an City couldn't help becoming suspicious.

"Luo Cheng has an army of [-] in Huainan, Shandong. Recently, he took the opportunity to steal Luoyang and Xingyang, and got Li Mi's tens of thousands of old troops to join him. Why is it that Luo Cunxiao, the commander of the puppet Qin Central Plains, led an army of more than [-] people to garrison Shan County? "

"What about the other Qin army?"

"Back to the Prime Minister, Luo Cunxiao was stationed in Shanxian County, Pei Xingyan was stationed in Luoyang, and later stationed in Xingluo, Pei Renji marched into Xiangcheng County, Wei Wensheng sent troops to Yingchuan. Guo Xiaoke was stationed in Hulao, Du Fuwei stayed in Huainan, Kanling Then lead the Jianghuai army to attack Ruyin, Runan, Huai'an and Nanyang, and they are all taking the opportunity to snatch Li Mi's territory."

"It's so fast." Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh when he heard it.While sending troops to reinforce Tongguan, he also sent Li Yuanji, his son who was stationed at Wuguan in Shangluo County, to send troops to the east, taking the opportunity to snatch Xiyang and Hongnong counties. quick.

He took Li Mi's letter of persuasion and traveled westward with almost no obstacles.

Now the original territory of Li Mi, from the west of Henan to Huaixi, those big cities have basically been preempted by Luo Cheng's command, and Li Yuan only grabbed the two counties of Xiyang and Hongnong, plus Shangluo, which he captured when he returned to the west, There are only three counties.

However, Xiangyang, an important town by the Han River, was robbed by Xiao Mian.

In addition, Xiao Xian also robbed the three counties of Chongling, Handong and Yong'an.

As for the Qin army, they took Henan County, Xingyang County, Yuyang County, Nanyang County, Huai'an County, Xiangcheng County, Yingchuan County, Runan County, and Ruyin County.

The Qin army seized the most, including Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Although the Qin army has only seized the big cities in the counties now, and has not fully controlled many places below, the same is true for the other two.

Not to mention, when the Qin army captured Luoyang, the four prefectures of Qian'an, Wuling, Liyang, and Yiling, which originally enshrined the Luoyang court in Shandong Province, now also condemned their envoys to Luocheng, the emperor of Fanyang.

Although these four counties were separated by Xiao Mian, even if they belonged to the Jingjiang River below the Three Gorges, it was only in name, but these four counties were officially attached to the Qin Dynasty, which still made Li Yuan and Xiao Mian feel pressure.

Especially for Xiao Xian, his capital is now in Jiangdu, and Jiangling is in Nanjun, that is, under the Three Gorges, but the four Yiling counties that belong to Luocheng are located on the four sides of Nanjun, two north and two south, Almost surrounded Nanjun.

Xu Shao, the general guard of Yiling, was from Anlu. His grandfather and father both served as the governor of Chuzhou. His father had a very good relationship with Li Yuan, and he was a good classmate in Guozijian.

In the last years of Daye, he served as the governor of Yiling County.

After Yang Guang was killed, he worshiped the Yue King of Jiangdu.After Li Yuan entered the pass, he also sent envoys several times to recruit this nephew, but Xu Shao ignored Shibo Li Yuan at all.

Xu Shao defended himself according to the county, and even brought in three counties including Qian'an around Nan County to form a four-county alliance to support each other, so as to repel Xiao Mian's attacks many times.

Now that Wang Shichong was defeated and Luoyang was occupied by the Qin army, this Xu Shao was quick to see the opportunity, and immediately sent Luo Cheng, the emperor of Fanyang, to submit to him.

Li Yuan is so angry, I am so close to you in Guanzhong and you don't belong to me.

"Xu Shao has already sent his son Xu Zhiren to Fan Yang to submit a petition, it seems that he is determined."

"Prime Minister, I think we can leave the Jianghan area alone for the time being. As long as we guard the three counties of Shangluo, Xiyang, and Hongnong, we can keep Wuguan, the central and southwest gateway."

"We should first find a way to take advantage of Luo Cunxiao's first entry into Henan, and defeat him without a stable foothold. Now the puppet Qin soldiers and horses are attacking from all directions to seize the territory and divide it into various places. It's a good time to defeat each one." Pei Ji suggested to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan thinks about it for the same reason, now Luo Cheng is the primary enemy.

"If that's the case, then send someone to Jiangling to persuade Xiao Mian to send troops to attack Henan Luocheng together. You can promise him that in the future when you defeat the puppet Qin army in Henan, my court and Xiao Mian can use the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River as boundaries. To the south, it belongs to him; to the north of the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River, it belongs to me."

(End of this chapter)