The Bingzhou Campaign launched by the Sui Army was as scattered and low-key as usual. It had been deployed a month ago. While Yecheng was still bustling with the selection of "three halls and one pavilion" bachelors, the Bingzhou Campaign had quietly started.

If the Battle of Bingzhou is compared to a game of chess, then capturing Queshu Valley is undoubtedly a crucial step in the game. Of course, a game of chess cannot be completed in two or three moves, but capturing Queshu Valley is like capturing a big dragon.

Once it's done, the whole chess game will be smooth.

Li Jing's mission is to seize the three counties of Xihe, Longquan and Linfen, which are empty of troops outside Taiyuan and south of Queshu Valley.

Hedong County, Jiang County, and Wencheng were commanded by Yang Tong, and Pei Renji was in charge of Jiang County and Wencheng. The Tang troops in Changping County and Shangdang County were controlled by Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanshu, Wang Bian and others.

Another key piece of the puzzle is undoubtedly the only bloody battle of Hedong County, Hedong City.

In this battle, the Sui army killed as many as 30,000 enemies and captured more than 38,000 enemies. They also captured Hedong City, the most important strategic city in the south of Bingzhou. Li Shentong, the defender of Hedong City, was captured alive. Shi Wanbao, the commander-in-chief of the Guanzhong reinforcements,

Died at the hands of Shui Tianji.

The disastrous defeat of the Tang Army in the Battle of Hedong brought the entire Bingzhou Campaign to a close.

After the Battle of Hedong City, the Wencheng, Longquan, Changping, and Shangdang Tang armies that faced off against the Sui army surrendered and obediently accepted the five-year labor reform!

Now, except for the isolated city of Taiyuan, which Pei Ji held fast, the entire territory of Bingzhou was returned to the Northern Sui Dynasty, and it only took half a month.

Prince Changping Li Shuliang, the governor of Changping County in Li Tang Dynasty, Li Deliang, the new king of Shangdang County, were captured alive by his soldiers and presented to the Sui army. Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an County, was captured alive at the foot of Hedong City. Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, died in Taiyuan County.

In addition to Duan Lun, the consort who was captured alive by Shen Guang, the Li family clan and their relatives suffered a lot of losses.

The Guanzhong Tang Army led by Pingyang Princess Li Xiuning had just left Chang'an, and the Battle of Bingzhou had ended.

Finally, she was stationed at Tongguan to defend against the Northern Sui army.

The Battle of Bingzhou has ended!

But the impact has just begun. In just half a month, the news that Yang Tong captured the state and unified the east and north of the Yellow River quickly spread throughout the world. For a time, everyone was shocked and the world was boiling. Yang Tong's reputation instantly appeared on the list of

reached the peak.

An angry roar sounded from the Daxing Palace and Taiji Palace in Chang'an, not too far away from Hedong:

"Incompetent, useless, everyone is a waste!"

On the high platform of the majestic, majestic main hall, Li Yuan, dressed in a gorgeous dragon robe and extremely majestic, threw a piece of memorial from the high platform, and the terrifying murderous intention spread.

Less than a few days after the fall of Bingzhou, Li Shimin, the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition to Xue Ju, returned with bad news. In the battle at Qianshuiyuan, eight generals of the Tang Dynasty were defeated one after another. Generals Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji and others were captured.

Sixty-seven tenths of the 100,000 troops who went on the expedition died. At the end of the campaign, Xue Ju occupied Gao'an and collected the corpses of Tang soldiers and piled them into the capital to show his majesty.

People in Guanzhong are panicked and the whole place is shaken!

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Although the incident happened suddenly, fortunately the King of Jin responded in time and contained Xue Ju to the west of Dashan Pass. Guanzhong is still as stable as Mount Tai." Liu Wenjing stood up and advised with helplessness.

"Nonsense, Xue Ju only had 40,000 troops, but he actually caused heavy losses to my 100,000-strong army, and many generals were captured alive. You actually told me that Guanzhong is as stable as Mount Tai? Where does stability come from?" Li Yuan's eyes were full of emotion.

of anger.

"Retreat!"

Li Yuan waved his sleeves and ran towards the Ganlu Hall in a rage!

…

East Palace!

Prince Li Jiancheng was discussing the current situation in a low voice with Changsun Wuji.

Since Li Shimin divorced his wife and remarried, assassinated his ex-wife, and his younger sister disappeared, Changsun Wuji, Changsun Shunde, Gao Shilian and others have completely turned to Li Jiancheng.

Changsun Shunde was brave and good at fighting, and Li Jiancheng relied on him as his arm because he was a good scholar, honest, talented and virtuous. However, what he valued most was Changsun Wuji, who was resourceful and resourceful.

"Wuji, what do you think of the current trend?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"Your Highness! Xue Ju is domineering both internally and externally. He cannot last long and is not to be feared. The key is the Northern Sui Dynasty! Yang Tong ruled the country as king and conquered foreign countries as hegemony. He also had great reputation for pacifying foreign tribes. His subordinates were Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Fang and others. Xuan Ling, Wei Zheng, and Kong Yingda were all talented people in governing the world. Li Jing, Li Jing, Deng Hao, Yang Shanhui, Pei Renji, Wei Yunqi and others were all handsome men with both civil and military skills. There were countless young generals. Of course, the most terrifying one was It’s still him. Now Jizhou and Bingzhou have been connected, and the trend has been achieved!"

"The Battle of Bingzhou broke out suddenly, without any warning in advance, and it was fought quickly. It only took 25 days to occupy the entire Bingzhou except Taiyuan City!" Li Jiancheng said this, and said with a wry smile: "This is what everyone is doing. Reasons I agree with, but I don’t think so. What do you think?”

"Nepotism and eagerness for quick success." Changsun Wuji revealed the secret in his words.

"Wuji is absolutely right!"

Li Jiancheng looked out the window with his hands behind his hands. For a long time, he sighed: "My father's move to let the Li clan take charge of the military was most vividly demonstrated in the Battle of Bingzhou! Uncle Shenfu was killed in Taiyuan, and Uncle Shentong was defeated in Hedong. They were all failures. Based on their judgment of the current situation! If Uncle Shenfu can reuse Li Zhongwen, Huoyi will never fall easily. As for Uncle Shentong, it was his nature that led to the defeat of Hedong."

Changsun Wuji asked in confusion: "How do you say this, Your Highness?"

Li Jiancheng said: "Uncle Shentong is very cautious. He has to keep any precious things close to him to feel at ease. He will feel restless if he is even a little far away, as if he is afraid of being snatched away by others! The same goes for his deployment of the army this time. Big changes in Bingzhou Under the circumstances, he should send a heavy army to recapture Huoyi. The Sui army at that time was actually not large, and only 20,000 people could succeed. But how did he do it? He actually hoarded all the heavy troops in Hedong County, etc. When big troubles happen in various places, they are just like money-grubbing common people, squeezing out the troops bit by bit. This time, it’s better, Yang Tong eats them up bit by bit! When Yang Tong’s troops come to the city, the soldiers are not as good as others If there are too many, the combat power is weaker than the opponent's, the morale is even worse, and the command and response ability is also poor... It would be unreasonable for him not to fail."

"puff!"

Changsun Wuji couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said was interesting.

Li Jiancheng also laughed, and then said: "As for Uncle Shenfu, he is very outstanding in terms of ability, but he is too honest, so honest that he has no temper, and is no different from an eminent monk! He honestly looked at Pei Ji, who has no military skills. The old guy took away the military power, and when he was desperate, he was tricked out by Pei Ji, and he was killed in the battle! His father reused his two uncles, Shu Liang and Shu Liang. As a result, not only the military power was taken away, but he was also sacrificed by his subordinates. Yang Tong! He re-appointed his second brother, but was defeated miserably by Xue Ju. He re-employed Xiao Gong, but failed... If my father does not get rid of the problem of nepotism, our Tang Dynasty will be destroyed sooner or later. "

"As for the eagerness for quick success, let's not talk about it. If you had listened to me and concentrated all your efforts to attack Liangshidu, Guannai Road would have fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, our army could have crossed the Yellow River eastward and supported it as quickly as possible.

From Shimengmen Pass, Longquan Yonghe Pass, and Wencheng Jichang Pass, if there were reinforcements, Yang Dong would not be able to capture the entire Bingzhou! Precisely because our army fought on many sides and had no troops to dispatch in a hurry, the entire Bingzhou line was lost, even in

Even if we urgently gather 20,000 cavalry, Hedong City will not be lost." Having said this, Li Jiancheng was very heartbroken and physically aching.

Changsun Wuji remained silent. He was not in a position to interfere with the royal household affairs. Although he agreed with Li Jianchi, he could not express his support. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Does Your Highness think Taiyuan can still be saved?"

"Absolutely impossible! There is no point in defending Taiyuan City. We don't have the strength to recapture Bingzhou!"

Li Jiancheng first decisively defined it, and then said: "Yang Tong monopolizes a quarter of the world's population. As long as he wants, he can easily form an army of three to four hundred thousand! But we don't have the right time and location, and the morale of the army is low. Even if

We can't defeat him even if we gather all the strength of the country, and Xue Ju, Liang Shidu, Zhu Can and others have been offended by us. If they take advantage of the opportunity, how can we stop them? By then, Bingzhou will not get half an inch of land, and Guanzhong will be

It was completely thrown away.”

"Your Highness is right! But how do you think the Ohara Army can be withdrawn?"

"Wuji, what do you think?"

"redemption!"

"redemption?"

"Yes!" Changsun Wuji nodded and said: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Taiyuan. After the redemption, tens of thousands of people will be added to the country's strength. As far as your highness is concerned, there will be tens of thousands more loyal people."

"Not only the Taiyuan Army must be redeemed, but also the relatives of the clan, the Pei family of Pei Ji, and the Wang family of Taiyuan must be redeemed! Even if the Holy One does not agree, or if the redemption is not possible, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty must know that His Highness mentioned it and insisted on it."

Li Jiancheng was silent.

Since Li Shimin married Dugu Mingxiu, Li Shimin has been restless with the support of the Dugu family, Dou family, Wei family and other Guanlong families. What is his intention? It is clear at a glance.

In addition to being a prince, Li Jiancheng only has a relationship with the Wang family in Taiyuan. However, the influence of the Wang family is in Taiyuan. Even if there are people serving in Guanzhong, they are only civil servants! If he advocates redeeming the Taiyuan army, then he must

He will gain the allegiance of this lonely army. At the same time, the clan, relatives, Pei family, and Wang family will also become his assistants.
Chapter completed!