Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 848 Ding Yang Khan
Li Yuan walked to the huge map laid out in the hall.

"Sichang, there is Xiaogong in Tongguan now. With him, there will be no worries for the time being. So I plan to send two armies to go there. One army will reinforce Tongguan, and the other army will reinforce Tongzhou. Then I will send another army to reinforce Huainan in Lantianguan. Wang Shentong, dispatch another army to reinforce Dou Kang who is in Sanguan."

Of the twelve armies returning east, four were transferred away, and eight remained.

Li Yuan walked to the Hetao area on the map.

"According to the information I received, Luo Cheng has withdrawn heavy troops from Wuguan, Tongguanqian and Puban respectively, and now there are only a few thousand troops left in front of the three passes."

"Then we will attack right now," Chai Shao said.

But Li Yuan still shook his head.

Jiancheng and Shimin took the initiative to leave the customs twice, but both suffered major defeats.Li Yuan no longer dared to attack Luoyang easily, because the Qin Army already ruled there.

He thought that he could only accept Zhao Jun Wang Li Xiaogong's suggestion, stick to the Guanhe defense line, let the Qin army attack, and they would counterattack according to the pass, so as to widen the unequal combat strength of the two armies and make up for some disadvantages.

The breakthrough point has to be in other directions.

The last time Yongan Wang Xiaoji went to fight Liangshidu, who would have expected such a disastrous defeat.

"Sichang, although Lingzhou is still in the hands of our army, Yun Dingxing of Fengzhou has already intended to surrender to Luocheng. Fortunately, the Turkic people have finally gone south. Jieli Khan has sent 20 troops to cross Yinshan Mountain, intending to take back Luocheng. Monan, I have already sent Tang Jian to meet with Xieli, and exchanged the lands of Hetao Fengzhou and Shengzhou for Xieli's support."

Fengzhou is the Jiuyuan of the Sui Dynasty, and Shengzhou is the original Yulin County on the south of the Yellow River in the east.

In order to be able to seek strong reinforcements from the Turks, Li Yuan no longer cares that Fengzhou is on the south of the Yangtze River, nor does he care that if the Turks occupy Hetao, it will be a big problem in the future.

Now he can only look at the eyes.

"Xieli has agreed to join forces with us to attack Luo Cheng."

In fact, it was not a joint venture as Li Yuan said, but Li Yuan asked Tang Jian to take his letter of vassalization to Jieli and take the initiative to profess his vassalship to the Turks. , All the Dingxiang, Yunnei, Zhuojun, and Mayi counties outside Yanmen Pass and Jundu Pass were given to the Turks.

Moreover, if they hit Yanmen Pass, the land and population will belong to the Tang Dynasty, and the wealth, gold and precious women will belong to the Turks.

Faced with such a promise, Jieli was moved, so although he had previously conferred the title of Dadu Vika Khan on Liang Shidu, he still agreed to Li Yuan's request. He also canonized Li Yuan as Dingyang Khan and gave Li Yuan a horse Five thousand horses, at the same time let Li Yuan send a princess to marry him, and at the same time send troops north to attack Dingxiang with him.

Li Yuan didn't have the nerve to tell Chai Shao that he had become a vassal of the Turks. The so-called Ping Yang Khan meant pacifying the Yang family. In fact, he was not as big as Jieli Khan, but a little Khan.

This is equivalent to Li Yuan's Tang Dynasty becoming a Turkic vassal state, and Li Yuan became a Turkic vassal king.

Even the five thousand horses were not given in vain. Li Yuan had to pay tribute back, and he wanted to give Xieli with gold, silver, money and silk.

Tang Jian said that among the 25 horses given by the Turkic people, only about [-] horses can be used as war horses, and the rest are very ordinary, but the prices are all much higher than the top-grade war horses.But Li Yuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and send someone to receive the gifted horses, and then sent [-] pieces of silk, and canonized a daughter of the clan as the princess to marry.

But Li Yuan believed that all this was just a temporary forbearance, and everything was worth it in order to defeat Luo Cheng.It won't be too late to settle accounts with the Turks when we win the world in the future.

Therefore, internally, he claimed that he formed an alliance with the Turks, not a vassal of the Turks.

"Sichang, you lead the eight armies from Longyou to Lingzhou first, and teach Liang Shidu a severe lesson. Just remember the lesson. Liang Shidu is now a Turkic dog, and you have to watch the dog beating. Master, as long as Master Liang returns to Yan and Xia Zhuzhou after all the pain, we can let him go first."

Liang Shidu once formed an alliance with Xue Ju, but later regretted that he did not join the coalition army to advance eastward. When Xue Ju was defeated and destroyed, Liang Shidu ran out to attack Lingzhou again.

But Li Yuan didn't pay much attention to Master Liang. The four prefectures he now occupies, Yu, Yan, Xia, and Sui, are all in the north of the Great Wall. There are very barren areas with many mountains and rocks. Among the Hu people who raised sheep, only Zhucheng and the surrounding area had some former Han immigrants.

Master Liang occupies these places, and there is no great threat to Li Yuan, so he doesn't bother to take care of him now.

Li Yuan did not ask Chai Shao too much for his opinion, but deployed his own strategic plan to him. This was a decision that Li Yuan, Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Tang Jian and other ministers had already agreed upon.

"First go to Lingzhou to break the siege, teach Liang Shidu a lesson, then go up to Fengzhou along the north of the Yellow River, relieve Yun Dingxing from his military position, and take over Fengzhou. Then go east to join Jieli Khan, besiege Dingxiang City, and first take Luo Siye Defeat with Luo Simo and take the land outside the Great Wall. Then you and Jieli will divide into two groups, attacking Mayi and Fanyang."

This is the sharp sword directly threatening Luo Cheng.

If the offensive goes well, when the soldiers surround Taiyuan and Fanyang, Luo Cheng's spine will be broken and he will be scattered.

"I also sent someone to contact Dou Jiande in Hebei to discuss the alliance with him."

Li Yuan sent an envoy to Dou Jiande to propose marriage, hoping to marry Dou Jiande's daughter Princess Hongxian for his third son Qi Wang Yuanji. If the marriage is completed, the Dou and Li families will become in-laws. Together to send troops and cooperate with the Turks, they will be able to counterattack Luo Cheng.

"I made an agreement with Dou Jiande that after the matter is completed, Hebei and the outside of the pass to the east of the Taihang Mountains will all belong to the Xia Kingdom, and I will have Hedong and Henan."

Looking at the map, Chai Shao had to say that the emperor's strategy was not a problem.

The Turks had 20 troops going south, and he brought twelve troops, leaving four and eight with about 10 horses. Dou Jiande in Hebei also had at least 20 troops. In this way, if the three of them join forces, it will be With an army of 50, the strength of Hedong and Hebei, which encircle Luocheng from three directions from north to west to east, is definitely not weak.

"The key point is Taiyuan. Taiyuan is the connection point of the Guanzhong River and the Hebei Province. At the same time, occupying Taiyuan can also overlook the Central Plains. Therefore, we must first rob Taiyuan, and then we can take Luocheng's Henan, Shandong, Huainan, and Shannan legions, and their generation. North, North Hebei, and outside the pass are separated so that the head and tail cannot see each other, and then we will smash them one by one and eat them separately."

Chai Shao listened carefully, and fully understood the urgency of the current situation and the emperor's strategic intentions.

Finally, he asked a question.

"Your Majesty, it's summer now, and it's about to be midsummer. The weather is going to be hot and rainy. Can Jieli Khan's Turkic army guarantee its offensive power this season? Can they survive the scorching heat? And the rainy season The river is full, and it is difficult for the cavalry to show off."

Li Yuan was silent.

There was a dead silence in the hall.

(End of this chapter)