Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 905
Dou Jiande was reading a book with his hands in his hands, but he didn't lift his head when he heard it.

"This is normal, and it also shows that Luo Cheng has used his troops well. He has already seen through your intentions, so he is not in a hurry to chase you."

"Then why did you persuade me to withdraw?"

"That was just an opportunity, but it's a pity that the opponent you met was not an ordinary person." Dou Jiande replied.

Cao Bao gritted his teeth, "What should we do now?"

Dou Jiande looked up at Cao Bao, and found that his brother-in-law was out of shape, his eyes were red, and his face was even haggard.

"It's not easy to be a leader." He sighed, "You have only two choices now, either surrender to Luo Cheng, it's not too late. Or, you have to step up and retreat into Wei County Yecheng, if you can keep Wu'an Heji County and Qinghe may still have a chance, but this chance can only depend on God's will. Maybe Luo Cheng's sudden death, or the internal strife in the Qin army, or Li Yuan and others suddenly defeated the Qin army, leaving Luo Cheng with no time to spare. Use troops in Hebei, otherwise, even if you retreat to Yecheng, you will still be defeated within a year, and you may not even last for three months."

Cao Baohong stared, "Everything is still possible!" After speaking, he turned and left.

Autumn, September.

Guanlong.

Xiao Guan.

Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, stood on the top of the pass, looking at the company outside the pass, worried.

Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away in Guanzhong, is in danger of four fortresses, but there are not only four fortresses in Guanzhong.

That is definitely not Tongguan, but this Xiaoguan.

In fact, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Qin and Han Dynasties, to the Three Kingdoms, and to the present Sui and Tang, the main threats in Guanzhong were still the nomadic tribes in the Hexi area of ​​Longyou.

The Huns in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Turks in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Qiang people in the Longyou area.

In history, Xiaoguan has always been the first pass to defend against the enemies in the northwest, but in different dynasties, the location of Xiaoguan is also different.

But no matter where Xiao Guan was in various dynasties, he couldn't escape between the two major passages.

These ancient Xiaoguan sites are basically distributed in four areas, Huanxian, Pingliang, Guxian, and Tongxin. In fact, these four places are located in the valleys of the northern Shaanxi plateau. Guyuan and Tongxin are located in Qingshui River Valley, and Pingliang is located in Jingshui River Valley.

Han Xiaoguan and Sui Xiaoguan are both located on the line from Qingshui to Jingshui River Valley.

The Qingshui River and the Jingshui River Valley are the most important geographically. The west of Longshan Mountain has always been the place where the Huyi tribes gather. If these tribes want to invade Guanzhong, they must pass through the connection between the Qingshui River and the Jingshui River. Originally, they could go directly to Guanzhong along the Jingshui River. , or go straight down to Long County to reach the Qizhou area in the west of Chang'an.

And if the Hu people north of Tongxinhuan County in the northeast want to invade Guanzhong, they often pass through the Qingshui River Basin. What they value is that the Qingshui River Valley is rich in water and grass, and the open terrain is conducive to cavalry galloping.

As a matter of fact, the lush water and grass, and the open terrain are good for nomadic cavalry to rest and gallop. Of course, it is also good for the Han people who are good at agriculture and fortification to set up gates and forts here.

Originally, after Li Shimin fought in Qianshuiyuan, which laid the foundation for breaking the Western Qin Dynasty, the Tang army went deep into Longyou to destroy the Western Qin Dynasty, captured the land of Longyou, and went north to collect Hetao.

In the entire Guanlong area, there is only one Liang Shidu in Shuofang left, stubbornly resisting in the barren northern land.

Xiao Guan's status also declined because of this.

But who would have thought that suddenly, the situation would change drastically.

The threat in Datang Guanzhong is not only from Tongguan, Pujin, and Wuguan, but even Sanguan and Xiaoguan are threatened.

"Jun Wang, Luo Siye sent someone to deliver the book again."

A Tang Jun came to report.

Li Daozong did not accept the letter, and he knew what Luo Siye said in the letter, and he must have asked Tang Jun to hand over his wife and children again.

Li Daozong is the great-grandfather and Li Yuan's grandfather. He is Li Shimin's cousin. Although he is not very old, he is quite capable of fighting in Li Tang's clan. At the time of Tongguan and Lantian, Li Daozong could only be ordered to guard Xiaoguan in the face of danger.

But facing Luo Siye outside Xiaoguan, Li Daozong sighed again and again.

Although temporarily blocked Luo Siye's southward movement, Tang Jun was also forced to defend the front line of Xiaoguan, unable to move westward at all.

I can only watch Luo Siye and Li Gui sweeping the prefectures and counties in Longyou. Now that Hexi is completely attached to the Qin State, and the land of Longyou has been jointly captured by Luo Cheng and Li Gui. Luo Siye's intention to write a letter to Xiaoguan at this time is already obvious up.

If he can't meet his request, I'm afraid he will really go all out to tackle the problem.

"Has Chang'an not replied yet?" Li Daozong was not in a hurry to read Luo Siye's letter, but asked about Chang'an first.

In fact, after receiving Luo Siye's letter, Li Daozong appealed to the emperor several times, hoping to negotiate with Luo Siye, and even release his wife and children as a condition to reach an armistice agreement. It's time to fight.

"Your Majesty's last memorial has not been answered yet."

"Then just wait."

Outside Xiaoguan City.

Luo Siye waited and waited, and finally got a reply from Guan Nei.

But Tang Ren's reply was sent by a caravan, which in itself is very unreasonable.

The caravan escorted a box.

"Open!"

When the box was opened, Luo Siye fell to his knees.

The generals on one side were all stunned.

Inside the box was the corpse of Prince Jin's child, Li Yuan, who was only a few years old, did not let him go.

"Prince Jin, there is still a letter inside."

With red eyes, Siye pulled the letter, opened it and read it, his eyes were red.

"Li Yuan, I swear to kill you!"

Li Yuan's letter to Siye was very simple. If Siye dared to attack Xiaoguan, he would kill Siye's other child and wife in Chang'an.

"Insane!" All the generals were furious.

Siye picked up the young child, and the body was kept iced all the way, and it was still well preserved. It was as if he had fallen asleep, but he would never wake up again.

Siye held him for a long time, and put him back into the box.

"Take more ice and put him down. After I break through Chang'an and sacrifice Li Yuan's head, I will bury him in Li Yuanzu's tomb."

Siye said every word with an extremely cold tone.

"The messenger!"

"Immediately go to Wuwei City in Hexi, and ask Li Gui, the commander of the Hexi camp, to gather all the soldiers and horses in Hexi!"

"Immediately go to Longyou, order the cities of the Longyou counties, and order the governors and captains of all the counties to summon troops and horses, and come to assemble immediately."

"Immediately order the Hetao counties to mobilize all the troops to come."

"Immediately send an order that the three provinces of Hexi, Hetao, and Longyou call for local soldiers to gather at Xiaoguan to transport food and grass!"

"I ordered the leaders and chiefs of the Qiang and Di tribes in Longyou, and I, Luo Siye, summoned them to come here and let them lead the troops of our tribe to come to Xiaoguan to listen to the order!"

"Immediately send an order..."

Luo Siye gritted his teeth, and kept issuing orders to the messengers one after another.

"Your Highness, recruit the three Taoists and mobilize all of them. For such a big mobilization, should we first ask His Majesty the Emperor?"

"It's thousands of miles away from the emperor. I can't wait. Here, I have the final say. If the responsibility is pursued, I will carry it alone. Order, go!"

"Yes!"

One by one, the messengers gave the order, turned around and mounted their horses, and galloped away.

At this moment, His Royal Highness King Jin of the Great Qin Dynasty is already raging with anger. The anger in his heart is about to burn the entire Guanzhong, and no one can stop his revenge!

(End of this chapter)