Starting from the evening, the blizzard became more and more violent, and the strong wind roared. The dark sky and the sea of ​​snow were intertwined, and the world became vast.

On a mound, Yang Yuanqing stood for a long time in the face of the land where hundreds of thousands of troops fought fiercely. He had no joy of victory or fatigue after the war, only a deep sorrow, countless living lives, countless soldiers following him in the battles, were submerged in this blizzard that ravaged the world.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, falling on his helmet, turning him into a snowman. Behind him, the soldiers exchanged uneasy eyes. His Highness had been standing for half an hour and could not drag it down any longer, he would be frozen.

At this time, a sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and soon rushed to the front. Li Jing's voice came from the wind and snow, "Is Your Highness here?"

The soldiers were overjoyed and went up to him. Fengxue quickly walked over. It was Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou. "General Manager Li, please advise Your Highness! He has been standing for half an hour." The soldiers said in a low voice and anxious manner.

Li Jing was shocked. He walked quickly towards Yang Yuanqing. As he approached, Yang Yuanqing's low voice came from the mound, "Is it Mr. Li?"

"Your Highness, it's me!"

Li Jing slowed down. In Yang Yuanqing's tone just now, he could feel the sadness of losing a relative. Li Jing could understand Yang Yuanqing's sadness. As a sympathetic soldier commander, such heavy casualties are indeed unacceptable.

But... the war is far from over. Li Jing slowly walked to Yang Yuanqing and whispered: "It's not the time to be sad. There are still 30,000 Turkic cavalry raging in the hinterland of Hedong, and the Tang army is taking advantage of the situation to rob. Our crisis has not been eliminated."

"I know."

Yang Yuanqing's tone became very calm, "I want to go south overnight. Before leaving, I want to say goodbye to them and ask them to forgive me and I cannot send them to the ground."

Li Jing was stunned. After a while, he couldn't speak. Yang Yuanqing actually wanted to go south overnight. At this time, Yang Yuanqing turned around and walked down the hill. He walked towards the war horse, and heard his voice coming from afar, "Let's talk about it back to the camp! I have a lot of things to tell you."

Li Jing suddenly understood that Yang Yuanqing wanted to hand over the funeral of the Turkic Battle to himself. He felt a fever in his heart and walked down the hill quickly.

In the wind and snow, hundreds of cavalry turned their horses and ran towards the Sui army camp more than ten miles away. The wind and snow quickly disappeared the figures of the cavalry. Only on the battlefield, thousands of Sui soldiers were still identifying the bodies and carrying the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Sui army onto the carriage.

...........

Unlike the blizzard in Mayi, it was also snowing for two days in Hedong County. The sky had cleared up, and villages were covered with white clothes. The trees turned into bloated silver bars. A long abandoned wall in the distance was like a giant snake with a white back, stretching into the purple-red sunset rays from afar. The bumpy depressions and ditches on both sides of the official road were filled with snow and turned into a vast white flat ground.

This is Wuliu Town, about thirty miles north of Hedong City. It was early in the morning, and there were constant pedestrians on the official road. The thick snow had been trampled and strong. When people stepped on it, they made a 'cry!' sound.

On a big rock by the roadside, a sad old farmer was sitting, and his carriage wheels were trapped in a gully. Five or six young men were helping him carry the car together, but they failed several times, which attracted the laughter of silver bells from passing young girls.

In the distance, a group of children ran out of the village and ran towards this side with a smile along the snow-covered ridge. Several domestic dogs ran in the front.

In the snow, a group of farmers were focusing on measuring the thickness of the snow. Everyone's face was filled with inner joy. This was the auspicious snow they had longed for for more than half a year. This heavy snow moistened the extremely dry land and restored the earth to life.

At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the distance, and a team of five or six hundred cavalry rushed from the north. They could be seen from afar, like a long black line running in the snow.

The pedestrians on the official road dodged to both sides. After a moment, the cavalry rushed to the scene, and each of them was equipped with a pair of horses. Since there were intersections and there were many pedestrians, the cavalry slowed down, but they still rushed past people very quickly.

The old farmer sitting on the big rock suddenly stood up and said to the young people next to him in surprise: "Do you see clearly who the officer in the lead is?"

Several young people shook their heads together, but they didn't notice it. When they saw the old man's expression was surprised, they immediately asked, "Dad Qin, who is it?"

"Aren't you stupid guys the leader His Highness the King of Chu?"

Several businessmen next to him also surrounded him and asked anxiously: "Dad, can you be sure, is it really His Highness the King of Chu?"

"That's right, I've seen him several times. When he visited Hedong last year, he came to our village and asked me how many acres of land I had, it must be him."

Everyone was immediately talking. Didn’t His Highness, the King of Chu fight against the Turks in the north? Why did he appear in Hedong County? The old farmer gently stroked his white beard and showed a knowing smile in his eyes that had been through vicissitudes. He excitedly said to everyone: "If I was not wrong, our army must have defeated the Turks and achieved a great victory!"

Everyone cheered, but several merchants looked at each other, their eyes showing shock. They would immediately report this important information to His Highness Qin King.

.........

Although most of the Hedong Road was immersed in the joy of Ruixue, Yang Yuanqing was not in the mood to celebrate Ruixue with the officials and people along the way.

On the one hand, although it was the tragic result of the Sui Chu battle that made him feel depressed, on the other hand, the concern about the Tang army robbing by fire was always heavy in his heart.

He didn't know where the situation had developed? Especially in the Central Plains, did he break through his bottom line? He couldn't get the latest situation in Luoyang along the way, only knew that Luoyang was surrounded, but that was the situation three days ago, what about now?

In fact, Yang Yuanqing was not worried that Luoyang City would be destroyed, and that Wang Shichong's destruction would be a matter of time sooner or later. He was either destroyed in the hands of the Tang Dynasty or killed by the Sui army.

Although Luoyang is a large place in the Central Plains, it is also a place for four battles, easy to attack and difficult to defend. Wang Shichong is sandwiched between two powerful enemies, so this balance cannot last long.

Wang Shichong was also a hero. Yang Yuanqing didn't care about his life or death. He cared about the Tang army's expansion in the east. Once the Tang army took Luoyang and the battle between the Sui army and the Turks was not over yet, Li Shimin would inevitably continue to expand eastward and take over half of the Central Plains.

This is Yang Yuanqing's bottom line, and it is a result that he absolutely does not want to see, so he gave Wang Shichong a five-day deadline, which is just to inspire Wang Shichong to defend the city and buy him time, and today is the fourth day.

At this time, a scream came from behind, interrupting Yang Yuanqing's thoughts. When he turned around, he saw a war horse falling to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and his four hooves twitching constantly. This was an extremely tired look.

Yang Yuanqing immediately stopped the war horse and looked at the personal soldiers who fell off the horse with concern. The personal soldiers rolled out more than ten feet away and quickly got up. There was thick snow on the ground, so he was fine. Yang Yuanqing nodded and looked forward again. It was only a dozen miles away from Hedong City.

"Everyone slow down and rest the horse!"

He said to Cheng Yaojin again: "Zhijie, go to Hedong City first and tell the general to come, and I'm already here."

"Why!"

Cheng Yaojin agreed, changed his horse, and rushed towards Hedong City faster.

At this time, Luo Shixin finally found the opportunity and stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, you should go to Hanoi County to lift the siege of Luoyang. Let's come to Hedong City, right?"

"You kid want to say that my bull's head is wrong, right?" Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

Luo Shixin blushed and scratched the back of his head and said, "I dare not say that. I just want to say that far away water cannot quench my thirst."

"I'm sorry, you boy, don't dare to talk nonsense."

Yang Yuanqing smiled but did not answer his doubts. They walked a while ago. Luo Shixin finally couldn't help but ask again: "Are we going to cross the river from Fengling? Cut off the Tang army's retreat."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and knocked on his helmet with a horse whip, "Do I have such a stupid junior brother? I'll give you time to consider it. You actually thought of Fenglingdu, which really disappointed me. Why don't you think of Pujindu?"

"Pujin Ferry!"

Luo Shixin was stunned. Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed in his mind. He immediately understood Yang Yuanqing's intention. He covered his mouth and was so excited that he screamed. Yang Yuanqing was going to attack Chang'an directly!

Seeing that he was excited and knew that he understood his intention, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "What, do you think it's inappropriate?"

"Nothing is wrong!"

Luo Shixin waved his hands repeatedly, "I just felt it was too exciting. He directly attacked Chang'an. It would be best to break through Chang'an and drive Li Yuan down from the throne!"

Luo Shixin became more and more excited as he spoke. He slapped his forehead, "I'm so stupid. I didn't expect that Guanzhong was empty, and this was to surround Wei and save Zhao!"

Luo Shixin suddenly thought of something again, hesitated and asked, "It's just... why didn't this strategy be implemented early? In fact, it could be implemented when the Tang army left Tongguan, and we didn't have to hurry up and be scared along the way."

"Do you think I can't think of it?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "This strategy is too risky. If you rashly enter Guanzhong, Li Jiancheng withdraws his troops from the Guanzhong, and Li Xiaogong will reinvigorate from Tongguan, and it will become a turtle in a jar. Even more, if the Sui army enters Guanzhong, Hedong will inevitably be empty. At this time, Li Shimin takes advantage of the opportunity to go north to Hedong, and Sui Chu is still fighting in Mayi. What do you think you should do?"

Luo Shixin woke up and nodded silently, "This will not be worth the loss."

Yang Yuanqing also sighed slightly, "It's not just not worth the gain. In this way, not only can we not surround Wei and save Zhao, but we will also compensate our wife and soldiers."

After a pause, Yang Yuanqing said again: "The key to this strategy is that the battle of Sui Tu ended, so that the Sui army could free up its hands. Li Shimin did not dare to go north to Hedong easily, so I rushed south. As long as I showed up in Hedong County, Li Shimin would know that the battle of Sui Tu was over. He did not dare to act rashly anymore, and to prevent me from transferring 10,000 people from Henei County to increase the defense of Hedong County. In this way, this strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao."

As soon as Yang Yuanqing said this, he saw a group of people running from afar. The general led was the main guardian of Hedong.

.......(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!