In Chang'an City, General Yu Wenshi and the Cavalry General Yu Wenshi led several followers to gallop all the way and rushed into Mingde Gate. Since Yu Wenshi returned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan thought of his old age and appointed him as General Yu Wenshi and the King of Qin Mansion.

The General of the Cavalry is just an official position, equivalent to the King of Qin's left and right followers. People like Yuchi Gong, Qiu Xinggong, Duan Zhixuan and others are also General of the Cavalry. They can lead troops to fight or take charge of documents.

Yu Wenshi was a civilian officer, but most ministers of the Sui and Tang dynasties were both civil and military. Although Yu Wenshi was in charge of civilian positions, he could also lead troops to fight. His father Yu Wenshu also taught him martial arts.

Yuwen Shiji was ordered by King Li Shimin of Qin and rushed back to the court to meet the saint. However, in the past two days, he was uneasy and he received news that his wife and children had followed Empress Xiao to return to Sui.

Of course he knew that because of Yang Guang's death, his relationship with his wife could no longer be bridged, and his national hatred and family hatred did not expect his wife to return to him, but he was not worried about his son Zen Master, whether the father-son family affection was also broken by one or two parts?

Yu Wenshi sighed in his heart, but the situation in Luoyang made him have no time to care about his wife and children, so he whipped his war horse and rushed into the imperial city quickly.

Yuwen and the monk entered the imperial city and rushed to the gate of the palace. He turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the front of the palace gate and said to the guards: "Please inform the emperor for me, and then said that Yuwen and the monk returned from Luoyang under the order of the King of Qin and should report the military information to the emperor urgently."

The guards did not dare to neglect and ran towards the palace.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan was standing in front of a sand table in the Central Plains, discussing military affairs with Prime Minister Xiao Yu. Since the outbreak of the Luoyang Battle, Li Yuan's entire mind has been devoted to this battle. He has no intention of inquire about the affairs of the court and handed it over to the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng.

He spent most of his time in front of the sand table and caring about the development of the war and considering military affairs. This battle in the Central Plains was crucial to the Tang Dynasty.

If he wins the Central Plains, he will have a five-point advantage in the overall situation of the world, Yang Yuanqing will have three points, and Li Mi and other forces will have two points.

If the Central Plains fail, then his advantage is only four points, Yang Yuanqing also accounts for four points, while Li Mi and other forces still account for two points, and a three-point pattern will appear in the world, which is a result that Li Yuan would never want to see.

"Xiao Prime Minister, Yang Yuanqing's troops to Luoyang is a foregone conclusion. According to our information, Yang Yuanqing has deployed an army of 140,000 to 150,000 on the north bank of the Yellow River. I suspect that he not only wants to attack Luoyang, but also fight for the Central Plains. This battle is extraordinary!"

Xiao Yu frowned, "Did Yang Yuanqing also see that Li Mi means turning the picture on Jianghuai?"

Li Yuan nodded, "It should be so. We can see that Li Mi has transferred the food and grass military power to the south. Can't Yang Yuanqing see it? Li Mi's center of gravity will move south, and the Central Plains will definitely be empty. How could he not seize this opportunity?"

Xiao Yu pondered for a moment. He was a nobleman of the Western Liang Dynasty. Relatively speaking, he was more concerned about the situation in the south. This time, Li Xiaogong led the Tang army in Jingxiang to the Central Plains to launch a large-scale northward, so the Jingxiang area would become empty, which made him very worried.

He pointed to the area of ​​Yuzhang County with a wooden pole. "Your Majesty, the Prince of Xi'an led the Tang army in Jingxiang to the north, which made the Jingxiang area empty. I am very worried that Xiao Xian took the opportunity to counterattack. Should we send Zhang Changxun, Yizhou, to lead the army eastward to replenish the forces of Jingxiang?"

Li Yuan smiled, "Xiao Xian is too suspicious. He can't tolerate Hu'er. At this time, he is busy with internal strife and has no intention of considering Jing Xiang. In fact, there is no need to worry about him too much."

Xiao Yu was slightly stunned. He had a very rich experience. He immediately guessed that Li Yuan must have had a fight between Xiao Xian and Lai Hu'er.

He hesitated and said, "Dou Kang had only more than 20,000 troops left by Jingxiang, and I am still a little worried. After all, Jingxiang is extremely important to us, so the emperor must not be careless."

Li Yuan nodded, "Xiao Xiangguo is right, I am indeed a little careless. Then let Zhang Changxun, Yizhou recruit soldiers from the chiefs of Badong, and tens of thousands of people. Zhang Changxun led them to support Jingxiang, so that Jingxiang can be safe."

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Report to Your Majesty, General Yu Wen of the Cavalry and rushed back from Luoyang, and there is an emergency military report."

Li Yuan was stunned and immediately said, "Please give him an audience!"

After a moment, the guards led Yu Wen and hurried into the imperial study room. Yu Wen and Shen bowed, "My minister Yu Wen and I will meet with Your Majesty, I wish you a long life!"

"Yuwen doesn't have to be too polite!"

Li Yuan and Yu Wenshi were very close to each other, and they were slightly different from other ministers, and they were more intimate in words. For example, he called Xiao Yu the Prime Minister Xiao, took up his post, and called other ministers the ministers the ministers, but he called him the name of Yu Wenshi and him.

However, with Xiao Yu next to him, his name changed immediately, "Yuwen Aiqing came from Luoyang, is there anything urgent to do?"

"Your Majesty, the Sui army has crossed Henan and moved south in full, and the situation is relatively urgent!"

Li Yuan's expression suddenly became nervous. He walked to the sand table and asked, "Tell me, how did the Sui army send troops?"

Xiao Yu handed the wooden pole to Yu Wenshiji, who pointed to Dongjun Road: "Now the general Qin Qiong led 30,000 troops to cross the river from Liyang. This is the Eastern Army and has occupied Dongjun."

His wooden pole pointed westward to Xingyang, "The second route is Xingyang, with about 30,000 people. He led by the Sui army chief Li Jing, and entered Xingyang and had counterattacked Hulao Pass. The Hulao Pass we just seized was taken away by him. The whereabouts of the old general Qu Tu and His Highness the King of Zhao are unknown."

Li Yuan was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Where is unknown, what's going on?"

"Report to your Highness, it was His Highness Zhao who was attacked by the Sui army's aggressive generals. He went out of the city to fight. The Sui army took the opportunity to attack the city. The veteran General Qu Tu rushed out of the city to rescue King Zhao. His whereabouts with King Zhao were unknown. It should have saved King Zhao, but his whereabouts were unknown."

Li Yuan sighed slightly, "I am a true loyal minister! I have lost King Zhao and have other sons, but I have failed, but there is no second veteran so loyal. I hope God will bless him with nothing."

Yu Wenshi said: "Your Majesty, there is also the third Sui Army!"

He reminded Li Yuan all of a sudden, and Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Please tell me if you love Yuwen!"

Yu Wenshi pointed the wooden pole at Shan County, "Your Majesty, the Third Army of the Sui Army crossed the river from Shan County, and led by General Xu Shiji 20,000 people, and had occupied Hangu Pass."

"What!"

Li Yuan was surprised. He was not surprised that many troops crossed the river, but that the location where the third army crossed the river was actually in Shan County.

He turned around and asked Xiao Yu, "I remember the settlement agreement we signed with the Sui and Tang dynasties. There was a one on it, that the Tang army would not leave Tongguan, and the Sui army would not cross the river west of Luoyang. Is that true?"

"Your Majesty, that's why we sent troops from Shangluo. I didn't expect that the Sui army would be broken so easily."

Xiao Yu also frowned. He didn't understand why the Sui army did not keep its promise and took the lead in breaking the agreement?

Li Yuan was a little annoyed. He walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back and said angrily: "Yang Yuanqing was so treacherous. In order to attack Zhongyuan, I specially opened up Nanyang, paid Fermi, and walked around the distance, but he was fine and killed Shan County directly. So what's the point of this contract? Isn't it just fart?"

Li Yuan relied on his identity and never sweared easily, but today he couldn't help it. Xiao Yu knew that he needed to calm down now. It was not the time to get angry. Yu Wen and the rushing from Luoyang would not just report on this matter. There must be other important things.

"Your Majesty, can you let General Yuwen continue to say it?"

Xiao Yu's function was to persuade Li Yuan at a critical moment. Li Yuan held back the anger in his heart and said to Yu Wen Shi: "Please continue to say this if you love Yu Wen."

Yu Wenshi was indeed coming with an important mission. He pointed at Hanguguan with a wooden pole and said, "Report to Your Majesty, although the Sui army now crossed the river from Shan County, although there are only more than 20,000 people, Yang Yuanqing's tens of thousands of elite troops have not crossed the river. The King of Qin concluded that Yang Yuanqing's army must have crossed the river from Mengjin, heading straight to Luoyang. There are still tens of thousands of troops of Wang Shichong in Luoyang City, which has formed a situation of three pairs to the Tang army, and the situation is very unfavorable."

Li Yuan's brows frowned into a line, and the worries in his eyes became stronger. He had already seen Yang Yuanqing's strategic deployment. Li Jing first sent troops to Xingyang County to regain Hulao Pass and cut off the connection between Li Xiaogong and the King of Qin.

Secondly, Xu Shiji went south from the west, threatening the main food route of the Tang army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he surrounded the west, cutting off the retreat route of the Tang army. Then Yang Yuanqing crossed south from Mengjin, cooperated with Wang Shichong's counterattack, attacked three lines and wiped out the Qin King's army under Luoyang City.

This made Li Yuan take a breath of air, and he asked quickly: "What about the Qin King's response plan?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the King of Qin, has two solutions. The first is to withdraw troops, temporarily give up attacking Luoyang, occupy Hongnong County, and wait for the opportunity to seize Luoyang. The second is to hope that the court will increase 80,000 troops, so just fight the Sui army in Luoyang, and the winner will be the king."

Li Shimin's second plan made Li Yuan and Xiao Yu look at each other. At present, the Tang army only has 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, and the King of Qin actually asked to send 80,000 troops. This is equivalent to rushing out the troops. If you win, you can win the world, but what if you lose?

Failure means the demise of the Tang Dynasty. This huge bet made Li Yuan hesitate, and he lacked the courage.

Xiao Yu next to him said, "Your Majesty, the consequences of overwhelming troops are very clear. If we win, Yang Yuanqing retreats to Fengzhou, if Yang Yuanqing wins, we will retreat south to Bashu, and there is no third choice. However, I think that now is not the time for a decisive battle. We occupy Jingxiang and our national strength is gradually increasing. If we wait for another two or three years, the situation will be more beneficial to us. The decisive battle will only fulfill Yang Yuanqing's wishes."

Li Yuan walked to the sand table again and looked at the terrain in Luoyang. If he gave up Luoyang and his army retreated to the south of Yique County, the gains of this battle were Xiangcheng County and Jingyang County, and the loss of Hongnong County.

Relatively speaking, he valued Hongnong County more. Obtaining Hongnong County was equivalent to pushing the eastern border of the Tang Dynasty to the front line of Hangu Pass.

If Li Xiaogong wins on the eastern front, then the Central Plains counties including Yingchuan County, Xingyang County, Xiangcheng County and Jingyang County will all become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Luoyang will be actually surrounded. It will be easy to capture Luoyang at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan resolutely said: "I agree to the first plan to withdraw the troops back to Hongnong County."
Chapter completed!