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In the dimly lit room, Li Fuguo took a sip of tea and said coldly: "Why do you still doubt and speculate about something that is obvious? Isn't this just that Wei Jikuan surrendered to Li Ye, and Li Ye in turn took Wei Jikuan's family away? .

Of course, he must have gotten the people away through the Dugu family. With the strength of the Dugu family, sending four people away from Chang'an, wouldn't it be a piece of cake? "

Yu Chaoen was so angry that he was shaking all over, "It was Wei Boyu before, and now it's Wei Jikuan. I only have a total of 50,000 Shence troops, but he swallowed 15,000 people. Can Brother Weng bear this evil breath?"

"He is supporting the Dugu family! We will temporarily stop our actions against the Dugu family and wait until he returns to Longyou."

Li Ye was too cruel, which made Li Fuguo also fearful.

"What about my Shence Army?" Yu Chaoen said angrily.

Li Fuguo snorted coldly, "If he poaches your people, you won't poach his people? He slapped you and you are sulking here. Can't you slap him back?"

Yu Chaoen gritted his teeth and said, "Is his father Li Dai in Chang'an?"

Li Fuguo stared at him sharply, "Don't mess around. If you kill Li Dai, Li Ye will start a rebellion. With his strength, he can kill Chang'an in ten days. Where can we escape to?"

Yu Chaoen lowered his head and remained silent. Li Fuguo softened his tone and said, "Listen to me and use a soft knife. He poached your people and we poached his. Even if he was angry, there was nothing he could do. He was the one who broke the rules first." .”

Yu Chaoen nodded, "Then where to start, has Brother Weng thought about it?"

Li Fuguo smiled slightly and said, "I have already considered it. Longyou is too far away. Chang'an has its Jinzou Academy. I think it is a shortcut to start with the officials of the Jinzou Academy."

Twenty days passed in a flash, and Li Ye finally received news from the Northern Expeditionary Army that 50,000 troops had entered Zezhou and were preparing to cross Taihangxing and enter Jiyuan. Luoyang was on the other side.

This news made Li Ye very excited. He immediately ordered Xi Wanli to lead 3,000 cavalry to Heyang and guard the south bank of the Third Bridge in Heyang to prepare for the Anxi Army to move south.

The Tang Dynasty used the islands in the Yellow River to build three bridges across the Yellow River, called the Heyang Three Bridges. Two of them have been destroyed in the Battle of Heyang, and there is still one bridge left, which is currently controlled by Li Guangbi's army.

The strategic position of this bridge is extremely important. Shi Siming also planned to use this bridge to march north, so he did not destroy this last bridge.

Bai Xiude's 50,000-strong army heading south will inevitably use this bridge.

Li Ye immediately ordered Wei Boyu to be the commander-in-chief of the rear army and led 15,000 troops to garrison Shaanxian and Xin'an counties.

Li Ye personally led an army of 50,000 to Luoyang.

Just when Li Ye arrived in Luoyang, the 50,000-strong army led by Bai Xiude also crossed the Yellow River and was bypassing Mang Mountain and heading toward Luoyang. However, the Anxi Army was intercepted by 10,000 Yan troops east of Mang Mountain. A fight broke out between the two armies. Fierce fighting.

Soon, the Yan army was unable to hold its position due to its weak strength. It was defeated and retreated back to Luoyang in just half an hour.

Although this was just a not very fierce encounter, it broke the three-month armistice agreement between the two armies. At this time, the armistice had just passed fifty days, and it was still forty days before the armistice agreement was completely ended. With the arrival of 50,000 With the arrival of the Anxi Army, the armistice agreement has ceased to exist in name only.

In the Chinese army's tent, Bai Xiaode and Duan Xiushi were reporting to Li Ye the details of the annihilation of 20,000 Huihe troops.

"Beizhi actually defeated the Uighur army with 30,000 troops. The other 20,000 troops were used to set up a dragnet to prevent the enemy troops from escaping. Beizhi can guarantee that no one from the Uighur army escaped."

"Well done!"

Li Ye nodded approvingly and asked, "Have you encountered the enemy's logistical equipment?"

Bai Xiaode shook his head, "The other party did not bring any logistics, but only dry food. It is obvious that they want to support the war with war and plunder Hebei."

Duan Xiushi added: "The enemy general is Yaoluo Ge, brother of Huihe Khan, who has been killed in battle. In addition, among the envoys we captured are important figures, Prime Minister Dagan and little prince Mule. We have sent the prisoners of war to Longyou. "

Li Ye happily praised: "You grasped the timing and tactics of this interception battle very well, and even exceeded my expectations. When I return to Longyou, I will reward you based on your merits!"

Bai Xiaode and Duan Xiushi stood up and saluted together, "Thank you for your recognition, Your Highness!"

Li Ye smiled again and waved his hand for them to sit down, "Now let's talk about how to break the city!"

Li Ye immediately sent people to invite all the generals above, Huben Lang, and the above. After a while, everyone in the big tent came, including Sima Liu Yan.

Li Ye first said to brother Li Fei: "Your nephew Li Feilei has taken refuge with me. He did not surrender to Yu Chaoen, but endured the humiliation and looked for opportunities to kill Yu Chaoen to avenge his father. Don't blame him anymore."

Li Fei Yuanli and Li Fei Shouyu looked at each other, both of them showing shock. It turned out that Dugu Lei was out for revenge, so why didn't the child say anything? I really misunderstood him.

The two brothers were moved to tears, and Li Feiyuanli's voice choked with sobs: "Thank you, Your Highness, for eliminating the biggest regret in our hearts and allowing our third brother to rest in peace."

Li Ye smiled and said: "He is in Xin'an County. I will ask him to come over later to reunite your relatives."

Li Ye then pointed to the sand table and said: "Next let's talk about the attack on Luoyang. I believe that everyone is mentally prepared for a long-term battle, including the defenders in the city. In fact, I plan to capture Luoyang within three days. It is actually a surprise attack. The Yan army in the city was caught off guard, and of course the court was caught off guard.

Our main targets are the Imperial Palace's Round Wall City and the 130 warehouses in Hanjiacang. Shi Chaoyi's army is secondary. Of course, we must try our best to annihilate them. I will give part of the warehouses to the court, but most of them belong to us. Our military salary and food will be easily solved. "

Li Ye pointed at Zhengzhou with a wooden pole and said: "Part of Li Guangbi's 100,000 troops are in Hedong. He himself led an army of 50,000 to station troops in Zhengzhou and was fighting against Xu Shuji, the military governor of Huapu, and Zhang Zhongzhi, the military governor of Bian and Song Dynasties.

Yan general Wu Lingxun led 30,000 troops to garrison Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Chenzhou, preparing to cooperate with Zhang Zhongzhi's army to attack Zhengzhou, so now Li Guangbi was fighting against three, and he was under great pressure.

After taking Luoyang, we must also assist Li Guangbi in blitzing Wu Lingxun's army. This man is our defeated general, General Bai. This task is left to the Anxi Army. "

Bai Xiaode bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"

Li Ye said calmly: "There is one more important thing. If I guess correctly, the Yan army will take action tonight."

The news of the arrival of Li Ye's 50,000 reinforcements alarmed Shi Chaoyi. He rushed to the city to check the situation of the Tang army. He saw only two camps of the Tang army, one deployed in the north and one deployed in the west. They were huge.

Shi Chaoyi's head was as big as a fight. He said to Gao Shang in annoyance: "It turns out that Li Ye agreed to sign the armistice agreement because he was waiting for reinforcements. If I had known, I would have launched the attack first!"

Gao Shang was despised in his heart. He had already reminded him not to rush to purge the generals first, but to gather 200,000 troops to annihilate Li Ye first, and then reward them according to their merits. He would purge them if they should, and retain them if they should. But this guy is better than An Qingxu was also stupid and stubborn. He refused to listen to his own persuasion. He wanted to ascend the throne and insisted on a truce with the other party. Now that he has not become the emperor and the other party's reinforcements have arrived, he began to regret it. What's the use? "

Gao Shang held back his anger and said: "Your Majesty has an army of 200,000, and the opponent only has 100,000. If we plan well, we can still annihilate Li Ye's army."