I’m Marquis in Great Tang

The easternmost part of Longyou Road, Qinzhou.

The army led by Du Qi is here. During this period, Du Qi did not send troops, mainly to strengthen the control of Longyou Dao, and to control the entire Longyou Dao in his hands. At the same time, the bad guys in Xia Country have moved quickly in Great Tang, constantly inciting public opinion everywhere, making Great Tang even more chaotic in the country, and making beacon smoke everywhere.

At the same time, Du Qi arranged for someone to stare at Cháng’ān and wait for news from Cháng’ān.

He wants to see how Li Shimin responds?

Shangguan Yi was in charge of the bad people’s news. He learned about Cháng’ān and was shocked to learn that Li Shimin had tried his best to kill again. Up and down the entire Xia Country, I actually never expected that Li Shimin would stake all on one throw. Because once Li Shimin stakes all on one throw like this, the territory of Great Tang will be completely chaotic.

Shangguan Yi did not dare to delay time, and went straight to Du Qi’s camp and reported to Du Qi: “His Majesty, Li Shimin has responded to it and dispatched troops. Li Shimin this time is enough An army of 150,000 is coming towards Longyou Road.”

Du Qi raised his brows.

He also felt a little surprised, because Li Shimin’s stake all on one throw sending troops was tantamount to breaking the foundation of Great Tang.

It is completely drinking poison to quench thirst.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a chronic suicide.

Du Qi instructed: “The order is passed down, and the cabinet, Xue Rengui and Xiao Yuanqi are called to discuss.”

“Yes!”

Shangguan Yi arranges immediately Go down.

Not long ago, Ma Zhou, Guan Zhilan, Xue Rengui, Xiao Yuanqi, and Zuo Xianfeng entered together.

Shangguan Yi faced everyone and briefly talked about Li Shimin’s dispatch of troops. Everyone was a little surprised when they heard that, but for Xue Rengui, Xiao Yuanqi and Zuo Xianfeng, the three of them were fighting spirits. Because they are all looking forward to going on the battlefield now, hoping to kill the enemy and make merit.

Xue Rengui was fighting spirit and said: “His Majesty, the minister agrees to fight Li Shimin’s army. Regardless of what Li Shimin wants, we will accompany to the end. My Xia Country’s army has great battle strength. Every soldier is high-spirited and looking forward to fighting again. Great Tang’s army is here, and that just allows our soldiers to kill the enemy again.”

Xiao Yuanqi also said: “His Majesty, The minister also agreed with General Xue. Since the establishment of Xia Country, I have encountered countless wars. Xia Country has never retreated. If you want to fight, we will fight to the end.”

Left Xianfeng also agreed.

Please fight one by one.

Du Qi waved his hand and pressed, opened the mouth and said: “If you want to fight, naturally you want to fight. However, how we fight, but we must carefully consider. So at the moment, we must choose the most suitable Fighting strategy.”

Ma Zhou said solemnly: “His Majesty, the minister has a strategy.”

Du Qi said: “How to strategy?”

Ma Zhou said resolutely: “The most suitable strategy to adopt is to delay. Our army is still stationed at the border of Qinzhou, waiting for Li Shimin’s army to kill. Today’s Great Tang is full of smoke and wars. If We delayed the time with Li Shimin, but Li Shimin couldn’t afford it.”

“Because of one day’s delay, the situation in Great Tang will deteriorate a bit more. If you delay for another month, Li Shimin’s country will be completely out of order. , And even collapsed. In this case, the situation in Changbaipo was restored, and Li Shimin had to take the initiative to attack.”

“As long as Li Shimin takes the initiative to attack, we have the advantage again. Defensive as offensive, first consume Li Shimin’s troops. If we are on the offensive side and fight hand-to-hand with Great Tang, we are fighting a war of attrition, and our strength will be greatly depleted.”

Ma Zhou said: “The minister judged that Li Shimin’s plan should be to fight a war of attrition with us, continue to consume our strength, and finally fight for both sides to suffer. At that time, we will have no troops to attack Li Shimin, and Li Shimin will consider solving domestic problems. “

Shangguan Yi looked approvingly on his face and said: “His Majesty, the minister agrees with Ma Zhou’s analysis. Li Shimin is like a vicious dog now, a dog jumps the wall in a hurry. At the moment, we just need to delay time with Li Shimin. . In the end, the first person who couldn’t hold on was Li Shimin. So we just need to adopt the strategy of procrastination.”

Guan Zhilan also agreed.

Du Qi thought for a while, opened the mouth and said: “I also agree with the strategy of procrastination, because at the moment, the strategy of procrastination is the best strategy. The so-called in a spurt of energy is declining again. Three are exhausted. When the heart of the Tang Army floats, we will kill in a spurt of energy. When the time comes, even if Li Shimin wants to fight us attrition, Li Shimin can’t afford it. Of course, Li Shimin has to be direct To kill, it is to defend as offense.”

Shangguan Yi said: “All Listens to your Majesty!”

The others agreed.

The strategy to deal with Great Tang is actually very simple right now. It doesn’t require any complicated methods. It only needs to guard and consume Great Tang’s troops. With the unification of the plan, the army led by Du Qi sent troops from Qingshui County, all the way east to the border of Qinzhou and Longzhou, Gyeonggi Province to be stationed.

The location where it was stationed, all the way to the east, is close to Anrong Pass on the western border of Longzhou.

Now An Rong Pass is stationed by the Tang Army.

Block the Xia Country attack.

However, Du Qi never entered Longzhou at all, but stationed at the border between Qinzhou and Longzhou. Because according to the current strategy, you only need to garrison and wait for Li Shimin’s army to come.

The army was stationed and waited quietly.

Time passed, and October entered in a blink of an eye.

October weather, autumn is high and fresh.

Li Shimin’s army has arrived at Anrong Pass. Now Li Shimin has a full army of 150,000, and when the strong army arrives at An Rong Pass, it is temporarily stationed to rest.

Li Shimin came to the gate tower to inspect the defense of An Rong Pass and learn about Du Qi’s movements. When Li Shimin learned that Du Qi’s army had been stationed at the border between Longzhou and Qinzhou after arriving at the border, he was a little confused and frowned even more.

Du Qi didn’t even enter the army.

Li Shimin played this time and let Li Chengqian supervise the country. He never left Fang Xuanling. He brought Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda and the others. It can be said that he brought all his ties Go, leave the people of Eastern Palace.

This is for spare no effort.

Li Shimin leaned his hand on the city wall, looking at the scene outside the customs, opened the mouth and said: “Du Qi’s army has been stationed at the border and not moving. Tell me what the other party is Intent?”

Fang Xuanling sighed: “His Majesty, Du Qi’s plan should be very simple, that is, to delay the consumption of our strength. For us, the domestic situation is like a fire. If it is not contained, The situation will become more and more difficult to control. Du Qi’s plan is to delay. Because the time is prolonged, we may not be able to bear it first.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Li Shimin looked cold.

The situation is not good!

The situation of Great Tang is not good. He knows well that once the time is long, Great Tang will take the lead.

Li Shimin said solemnly: “In this way, we must take the initiative to attack. If Du Qi comes to attack An Rong Pass, then we can use An Rong Pass to consume Du Qi’s troops and then try our best to attack. This is our previous plan to fight the war of attrition directly. Once we take the initiative to attack, it becomes the situation of Changbaipo, our troops will lose even more.”

Fang Xuanling said: “His Majesty It’s true.”

Li Shimin’s emotions right now are a bit embarrassing. He even finds that every time he fights with Du Qi, the final situation will not proceed according to the established plan. It must have changed. .