The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 498

Yang Yong was shocked when he received the battle report from Henan. He was planning to attack Li Tang, so he had to stop temporarily and discuss the countermeasures with the three think tanks. At last, Xiao Xian of the Liang State in the south of the Yangtze River sent the great Sima Dong Jingzhen as the commander, and sent [-] soldiers to Bashu, even conquering Badong, Wushan and Wanzhou, and Ankang was in a hurry.

This is really making matters worse. After analysis, the three think tanks Li Jing, Wei Zheng, and Xu Maogong agreed that this was a trick of the Li family father and son. They wanted to raise troops from three directions and encircle the rebel army. The soldiers and horses of Datang must also take action. In order to face a more severe test, there is no other way but to divide the troops into three groups to resist the enemy.

Yang Yong agrees with them, damn it, isn't this the Romance of the Four Kingdoms?But at the same time, Yang Yong was a little apprehensive in fighting these three families. Not to mention Li Tang's strength, he was a seedling who ruled the world and created a prosperous world for hundreds of years.Xiao Xian from Jiangnan and Du Fuwei from Jianghuai almost occupied half of China, and their overall strength was no worse than their own.

In particular, in comparison, the territory of the rebel army is not small, and there are also many soldiers. However, in the past few years, they have been levying and killing almost continuously, and the financial resources and manpower are huge. Although this is the era of cold weapons, the ravages of war on mankind are still It is shocking, no matter what time it takes to fight a war, it is people and money in the final analysis. Regardless of the outcome, the result is economic depression, a sharp decrease in population, and development is hindered or even regressed.

But this kind of battle can't be done without fighting, so Yang Yong and the three think tanks had to discuss the matter of dividing troops and sending generals in three directions.

Yang Yong and others couldn't figure out what Li Yuan was sending the envoy to, so they sent an order to let all the pass through. The next morning, Li Shentong entered Daxing City.

In Prince Yiyong's Mansion, Yang Yong, Li Jing and others received the Tang envoy.

I saw that Li Shentong was about 30 years old, with a medium height, a thin body, a narrow and long face, slightly triangular eyes, a black beard under his chin, and he was dressed as a civil servant without his military uniform, but he was full of energy and his eyes were shining. Now he is in Li Yuan Drive off to pay homage to General You Yiwei, King of Huai'an.

Li Shentong was neither humble nor overbearing. After bowing to Yang Yong, Yang Yong ordered someone to move a chair for him to sit down, and someone offered tea.

Li Shentong expressed his gratitude, and then took out Li Yuan's edict and raised it over his head. At this time, someone took it and passed it on to Yang Yong.

Yang Yong unfolded it and saw that it was actually a letter. He was surprised to read the content carefully. The general meaning is:

Your Excellency, King Yiyong, the Tang Dynasty and the noble army have been fighting for years without success, and the separatist forces in various places have been fighting endlessly for many years, resulting in the decline of people's livelihood, a large area of ​​farmland is barren, and countless people have left their homes and lived in dire straits.In view of this, I intend to suspend the army and strike, maintain the status quo, repair the reconciliation forever, and return the people to peace.The special committee, King Huai'an, wrote a letter. If there is no objection, please sign the seal in hope.

After reading the letter, Yang Yong looked at Li Shentong with a puzzled face. Li Jing and the others didn't know what the letter contained, and looked at Yang Yong's expression with wonder.

Li Shentong smiled kindly and nodded slightly to Yang Yong. Yang Yong read the letter carefully twice, put the letter down and asked Li Shentong: "Your envoy has worked hard. Tang Wang's love for the people is admirable. Rong Ben How about giving an answer after thinking twice?"

"My lord is polite, as it should be." Li Shentong nodded, and someone led him to the post house to rest.

Then, Yang Yong passed the letter to the three think tanks. Li Jing, Wei Zheng and Xu Maogong read the letter and handed it to Yang Yong. The three were also deeply surprised.

Yang Yong asked the three think tanks: "Stop the war, maintain the status quo, reconcile forever, and return the people to peace. Who are you fooling around! This is not the style of Li's father and son, although I have heard that Li Yuan's father has a way of governing the country and Anbang. , but this letter is obviously their political excuse. Why did he go long ago? Why didn’t he say that when he fought with Xue Ju, Li Gui, Liu Wuzhou, Luo Yi and Liu Heita? Last year they had three armies More than [-] people gathered in the area of ​​Linyi, implementing an iron-armed siege, trying to make Shandong a coffin for Lao Tzu, why don't you say that? You can analyze for this king, what kind of medicine is sold in Li Yuan's gourd?"

Li Jing nodded and said with a smile: "My lord is right. I think this must be Li Yuan's conspiracy. The two families in the south of the Yangtze River must have been recruited by Li Yuan. They will fight with us and let the three of us fight. Father and son of the Li family sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, recharging their energy, and when the three of us are exhausted and beaten, he will come out one by one to clean up the fisherman's profits."

Wei Zheng and Xu Maogong nodded in agreement, and Yang Yong laughed and said: "Xiao Xian and Du Fuwei were forced to be played by Li Yuan, so we will use our plan and agree to stop fighting with him. These two judges."

Xu Maogong twitched his beard and praised: "My lord is wise. When we unify the south of the Yangtze River, our strength will increase greatly. At that time, we will fight with Li Tang, just like an old man playing with children's ears!"

Now Wei Zheng has gone out of business with Yang Yong, and before he spoke, he was no longer infinite, Wei Zheng frowned and said: "My lord, it's just that Xiao Xian and Du Fuwei are not easy to play with. Their territory is not smaller than us. The troops are no weaker than ours, the two join hands, there are millions of soldiers, and thousands of generals, Du Fuwei's army is brave in fighting, and Xiao Xian's navy army is mostly, we must be cautious and prepare carefully, and we must not underestimate the enemy."

Li Jing nodded and said: "Xuan Cheng's words are very true. In addition, we must beware of Li Yuan and his son going back on their word and going to war without declaring it."

Everything became clear, and Yang Yong wrote a few words at the back of Li Yuan's letter: Agree to suspend the army to make peace, and hope to keep the promise.After signing and sealing, hand over the imperial edict to Li Shentong.Li Shentong said a few more polite words, and then happily returned to Bingzhou to return to his command.

After dismissing Li Shentong, Yang Yong began to dispatch troops and divide them into two routes: the first route ordered Li Jing to be the commander, and Qin Qiong's deputy general led 15 elite soldiers to meet Xiao Xian's troops, generals Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Yaojin, Ding Tianqing, Zhang Ying, Zhao Sheng and others followed the army, and Ding Tianqing was in charge of supervising the transportation of grain and grass.

The second group of troops was led by Yang Yong himself, Xu Maogong was the military adviser, generals Luo Song, Yu Chigong and four beautiful wives accompanied the army, and Luo Shiying was in charge of supervising the transportation of food and grass.15 elite soldiers were sent to Nanyang to deal with Du Fuwei's troops.

After Yang Yong left, he handed over all government affairs to Wei Zheng.In terms of military affairs, let the general Gongyechang sit in Daxing, and Hou Junji as the deputy general to jointly preside over the military affairs of Shaanxi and southern Shanxi.Let Su Dingfang sit in Hengshui, and Qu Tutong be the deputy general, and jointly preside over the military affairs of Shandong and southern Hebei.Leave [-] available troops for Chang Gongye and Su Dingfang, who are mainly responsible for preventing Li Tang's troops from suddenly going south.

Ten days later, the food and grass were ready, the personnel were in place, and the troops from all walks of life were ready. Li Jing and Yang Yong left Daxing City one after another, all the way to the southwest and all the way to the southeast, and went to the front line in a mighty way.

The common people saw that Yang Yong was about to go to war again, and they all came out spontaneously to see him off.

Right now, it is already the spring of 617 AD, the north is narrow and warm and cold, but the further south you go, the warmer the weather is, the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River and the warblers fly, the trees are green, the earth is rejuvenated, the flowers are in full bloom, the scenery is picturesque, very beautiful Suitable for marching and fighting.

As soon as Yang Yong's men entered Luoyang City, Zhang Gongjin fled back with thousands of defeated soldiers. Zhang Gongjin knelt down in front of Yang Yong to plead guilty, and Yang Yong was furious.

(End of this chapter)