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Chapter 471 The Forecast of the Battle of the Tiger Prison
Hearing that Li Chongjiu agreed with him, and that Liu Heitai might take advantage of Dou Jiande's matter to establish himself as king, Ji Chuan nodded immediately.

Ji Chuan took another step forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, keeping Dou Jiande alive after all is harmful and not beneficial. After this incident, my subordinates suggested that some means can be used to make Dou Jiande stop talking, and it is better to say that he died suddenly. "

Li Chongjiu glanced at Ji Chuan, noncommittal, and said to Xue Wanshu, "Xue Qing, what do you think?"

Xue Wanshu hesitated for a moment, and said: "This minister is hard to say."

"But it's okay to say!" Li Chongjiu said.

Xue Wanshu cupped his hands and said, "Since Your Majesty has accommodated a King of Qi, why can't you accommodate another Dou Jiande?"

Ji Chuan immediately retorted from the side, saying: "How can this be compared? King Qi is the elder brother of the queen, and what does Dou Jiande have to do with the overall situation?"

Xue Wan said: "Isn't Dou Jiande the old master of Zhang Shilang? Xuansu is now the servant, and I am an important minister in the court. If Dou Jiande's old subordinates return in the future and hear that Dou Jiande is dead, what do you think? Do you really believe that he died suddenly? ?”

Ji Chuan said: "How can you take such a risk because of a courtier?"

Li Chongjiu immediately interrupted the quarrel between the two, saying: "You two lovers, King Qi and Dou Jiande are two different things. After all, I have already agreed to Zhang Xuansu on this matter. What's more, I still want to use Dou Jiande to recruit Liu Heitai's old troops. Let’s just kill the donkey.”

Seeing that Li Chongjiu had made a decision, Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan didn't say anything, but agreed together.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help remembering that in history, after Dou Jiande's defeat in Hulao, Dou Jiande was taken to Chang'an.

Li Yuan questioned Dou Jiande and said, "It's none of your business if I enlist Wang Shichong. You crossed the border and offended our sergeant's sharpness!" Dou Jiande said, "If you don't come by yourself today, I'm afraid I will trouble you to take it far away."

Later, Li Yuan killed Dou Jiande in order to prevent future troubles, which aroused the indignation of Dou Jiande's old department.

Liu Heitai rebelled in Hebei at the moment, Li Xuantong, Luo Shixin, and Li Daoxuan, the generals of Li and Tang Dynasties, all died in the hands of Liu Heitai.Later, when Li Yuan saw that Hebei was so difficult to settle, he even wanted to kill all men over the age of 15, and the young and weak and women were always driven into the customs.

Although nothing happened in the end, Li Yuan had nothing to do with Hebei, and he couldn't win the hearts of the people.If Li Chongjiu wants to pacify Hebei, he must not follow Li Yuan's example. In the future, if Li Chongjiu takes a broken Hebei, why should he fight Li Yuan.

Therefore, Dou Jiande must not be killed. Zhang Xuansu and himself had actually explained this very thoroughly.

When Li Yuan was thinking carefully, Wen Yanbo stepped into the hall and reported to Li Chongjiu, saying: "Your Majesty, Li Tang has sent troops to Hebei."

Xue Wanshu was surprised when he heard the words, and said: "No, Li Tang is about to use troops against Wang Shichong right now. Why did he suddenly increase his troops in Hebei at this time? Isn't this spreading the troops?"

Wen Yanbo said: "The fact is indeed the case. The secret report from the front, Li Yuan sent the governor of Qingzhou, Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, and Li Daozong, the Duke of Lueyang County, led 1 horses to increase troops to the party to assist Li Shentong."

"The 1 horses are government soldiers, county soldiers, or temporary recruits?"

"This is yet to be confirmed," Wen Yanbo said, "Li Tang sent troops to Shangdang, and it is very likely that he will use force against Taiyuan Prefecture and Hengshan County. I think he must inform Lord Su, General Yuchi, and Dudu Xu to let them Strengthen your guard to prevent Li Tang from doing anything."

Ji Chuan said: "If Li Tang intends to attack Taiyuan Mansion, then we must stop using troops against Liu Heita."

"This cannot be confirmed. We don't know what Li Tang's real intention is," Xue Wanshu said. "Li Tang's increase of troops in Shandong may also be to use troops against Yu Wenhuaji and Liu Heita. If we are worried about this, we will miss the opponent Liu Heitai has a good opportunity to use his troops, once he gains a firm foothold, it will take ten times more effort to defeat Liu Heitai next year."

Ji Chuan cast a cross-eyed glance at Xue Wanshu, and said, "It's impossible not to take this risk."

Seeing that Ji Chuan was about to argue again, Xue Wanshu knew his temper, he would argue about everything, so he simply kept silent.

Li Chongjiu felt that the words of Ji Chuan and Xue Wanshu were not unreasonable, so he looked at Wen Yanbo and asked, "What's the latest news about Li Tang?"

Wen Yanbo said: "There is one more thing. I heard that Li Mi submitted to Li Yuan that he wanted to lead his old troops back to Shandong and recruit the old Wagang generals. I don't know if Li Yuan agreed to this matter."

"Li Mi, Brother Fazhu." Li Chongjiu thought of Li Mi's kindness to him when he was in Liyang City.

Li Chongjiu knew in his heart that Li Mi left Li Tang this time because he actually wanted to be self-reliant. With Li Yuan's sophistication, he would never let the tiger go back to the mountain.In fact, there is no need to judge, and I roughly know how Li Mi will end up.

When Li Chongjiu was in Liyang, he wanted to remind Li Mi, but he didn't say it in the end.

The road is still taken by people. Li Mi chose this road by himself, and he could not stop him. What's more, Li Mi rebelled against Tang Dynasty. Considering the interests of Zhao, Li Mi's rebellion against Tang has only advantages and no disadvantages.
But Li Chongjiu also deduced something from Li Mi's departure.

Seeing that Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan were still arguing, Li Chongjiu said: "You two lovers, stop arguing. The purpose of Li Tang's sending two generals to reinforce Li Shentong is not against Youzhou."

Xue Wanshu asked, "How did your majesty see it?"

Li Chongjiu said: "If Li Mi goes out of Guanzhong, he must be recruiting the old Wagang troops, and most of the old Wagang troops are currently serving under Wang Shichong's command. Li Mi knows that only Li Yuan is the one who wants to poach Wang Shichong's corner. It is possible to agree to let it go. Then it can be explained that Li Tang's court is still going to use troops against Wang Shichong to seize the land of Luoyang."

"With Li Yuan's current power, he is not yet rich enough to hit someone with two fists. It is impossible to fight with Wang Shichong and my Great Zhao at the same time. Therefore, the purpose of increasing troops in Shandong is definitely not against me in Taiyuan."

Xue Wanshu and Ji Chuan agreed after hearing the words, and all doubts were gone, Xue Wanshu said: "Your Majesty sees a little knowledge, we are not as good as you."

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said: "There is no need to talk about flattery."

Ji Chuan immediately said: "Then what is Li Tang Zeng's intention to send troops to Hebei?"

Xue Wan said: "I guess it may be aimed at Yu Huaji in Hanoi."

"Yu Wenhuaji, Wang Shichong," Ji Chuan shook his body, and said loudly, "I understand, Li Tang wants to send troops to Hanoi to cut off the reinforcements from Hebei to the north of Luoyang?"

When Li Chongjiu heard the words, his eyes were fixed, and many previous doubts were also revealed.

You must know that although there are more than a dozen ferries on the Yellow River, there are only three major ferries on the Yellow River if the rural wild crossings are deducted, the army can easily pass through, and the transportation between the north and the south is convenient.

The westernmost part of the upper reaches is Pujin, which leads from Hedong to Guanzhong. Li Yuan raised troops from Jinyang and entered Guanzhong from Hedong to occupy Chang'an.There are two cities of Pujin and Zhongli in Pujin Ferry to block the dangerous points, and there are pontoon bridges connecting them.

In the middle reaches is Mengjin, which can directly lead to Luoyang from Hanoi. Among them, the three cities of Heyang are dangerous. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Du Yu was laying floating bridges to connect the north and south of the Yellow River.When Li Chongjiu fled from Shangdang County to Luoyang, he took this path.

The Baimajin in the lower reaches is from Hebei to Henan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shao, who ruled Hebei, attacked Cao Cao in Henan in the south, and fought fiercely in the area of ​​Baimajin. Yan Liangwenchou was executed by him.

In history, before Li Tang sent troops to attack Wang Shichong, he first ordered Li Shentong to destroy Yu Wenhuaji, stabilize Hanoi, occupy Heyang, Mengjin Ferry, and surround Wang Shichong from the north of the Yellow River.

When Dou Jiande came to help in a big way, he could not cross the river from Mengjin, but went directly to the Luoyang city to rescue Wang Shichong.Dou Jiande had no choice but to cross the river from Baimajin, attack from east to west, and rescue Wang Shichong.As a result, Li Shimin intercepted him at Hulao Pass with his elite, and the result was the well-known Battle of Hulao Pass.Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande with less victory, and Dou Jiande achieved Li Shimin's reputation with his own fiasco.

In fact, in terms of strategy, Dou Jiande did not make a big mistake.

In history, when Dou Jiande was blocked by Li Shimin's strong troops in front of Hulao Pass, Ling Jing, who offered sacrifices to Dou Jiande, once offered advice to Dou Jiande, saying that the king sent troops to the river, captured Huaizhou and Heyang, and sent heavy generals to guard them. Entering the Shangdang, favoring Fen, Jin, and Pujin, there are three benefits in this way, one is to go to the land of no one, and victory can be perfect; the other is to expand the land and collect the people, and the situation will become stronger; untie.

Ling Jing's suggestion was to let Dou Jiande attack Hanoi, and after capturing Heyang Mengjin, he ordered the general to garrison here, threatening the Tang army who was besieging Luoyang City from the north, while he led the main force to attack Pujindu, threatening Guannei from the west.

This suggestion sounds very good. Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao can solve Wang Shichong's siege of Luoyang, but in reality, it is a scholar's talk on paper.At that time, Li Tang had Huang Junhan's department and Wang Junkuo's department in Heyang, and Liu Dewei's department stationed in Hanoi. How could it be taken lightly.

There is nothing wrong with Dou Jiande's grand strategy, it's just that Li Yuan and his son have a better plan.

Right now, from the perspective of future travelers, Li Chongjiu knows that the land of Hanoi is extremely critical to the success or failure of Li Tang's attack on Wang Shichong in the future.If the land of Hanoi was not occupied by Li Tang, then Wang Shichong would still have a glimmer of livelihood.

However, the current Liu Heitai is already a weakened version of Dou Jiande in the Battle of Hulaoguan, and it is impossible to expect Liu Heitai to help Wang Shichong in a big way.

So Li Chongjiu had only to mount his gun at this time. If Li Chongjiu was Dou Jiande back then, and traveled thousands of miles to Hulao Pass to fight dangerously, he would have fallen into Li Shimin's trap.This is the battlefield chosen by the opponent, if you follow this, it is equal to the opponent's layout in the game, and the opponent makes a move, and you should make a move, and you will be passive.

Therefore, in order to break the situation, Li Chongjiu should not go to Hulao Pass, but to go to Hanoi, according to Ling Jing's strategy, go beyond Taihang, join the Shangdang, and attack Li Tang's confidantes, so as to achieve the result of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.By acting in this way, Li Yuan and Li Shimin had no choice but to respond passively to their own arrangement.

So Yu Wenhua and whether it can be strong and defend the land of Hanoi has become the key to the confrontation between Li Chongjiu and Li Yuan.

(End of this chapter)