The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 364 Li Tang sent troops, the battle of Yanmen

Tang Capital, Chang'an

Above the main hall, Li Yuan was sitting high on the dragon seat, discussing the war in the northern border with the ministers.

"Dear dear friends, Dong Zhuo, the traitor Dong Zhuo, the puppet Sui Yang Xie, and the barbarians outside the Great Wall are standing here in the north."

"Do you have a good opinion, can my Tang Dynasty send troops to interfere with the war in northern Xinjiang?"

Immediately, Li Yuan took the lead in briefly describing the situation in northern Xinjiang, and then asked.

Hearing this, all the ministers kept silent, meditated, and thought about countermeasures.

Time passed slowly, and at this time, the original Sui court minister Gong Niu Hong stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have thought twice and think that our army should send troops to the northern border."

Hearing this, Li Yuan immediately asked, "Why? Can you give a reason?"

Immediately, Bull Hong took a deep breath, and analyzed: "According to what I think, the traitor Dong Zhuo is colluding with the Hu Kou because of his own ambition."

"Sell out my interests in China in exchange for Temujin's support."

"But now, Temujin has used Yulin County as a springboard to occupy most of the territory in the Hetao area."

"Today, we are still fighting for Shuofang and other places with the puppet Sui general Yang Lin in the center of Hetao."

"The situation here is still evenly matched for the time being, and there is no way to see victory or defeat."

"However, the situation at Yanmen Pass is not optimistic. The large-scale invasion of the Khitan tribe has caused most of the troops of the Puppet Sui Dynasty to be in Shuofang."

"I'm afraid the Sui army at Yanmen Pass will have difficulty resisting the advance of its Khitan army."

Immediately afterwards, Niu Hong suddenly changed the subject, his expression became serious in an instant, and he said calmly: "But Yanmen Pass must not be lost!"

"You must know that the barrier of Yanmen County is Yanmen Pass. If it falls, Hu Kou will drive straight in, and the fall of Yanmen will be a foregone conclusion."

"Once the Yanmen is lost, the northern gate will be completely opened, and once the barbarian cavalry come in."

"At that time, even if our army rules in Bingzhou, I'm afraid it will be hard to escape!"

For a while, Niu Hong was extremely unique in his analysis, and he had a very thorough understanding of the northern war.

And in a very firm tone, he begged Li Yuan to send troops to the north.

For this move, Niu Hong had two intentions, one of which was indeed for Li Tang's rule in Bingzhou.

After all, eating the king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the king!

The second, and most important point, is that we don't want Huaxia to suffer from hundreds of years ago again.

The total disaster brought to the Chinese people by the Hu people's entry into the Central Plains.

Therefore, Bull Hongcai desperately tried his best to persuade Li Yuan to send troops.

Immediately afterwards, the officials of the former Sui court, headed by Xue Daoheng, also stood up to echo Gong Niuhong's proposal.

Although his analysis was pertinent, Li Yuan did not immediately adopt it, but turned his attention to his confidant adviser.

"Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, what do you think of the opinions of the Lord Gong?"

For a while, Li Yuan asked Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji.

After all, even though all the officials of the Sui court are making suggestions to him, Li Yuan, as an emperor, cannot blindly obey.

To seek advice from one's confidant ministers is the real imperial mind.

Immediately, seeing Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing thought for a while, then clasped her hands and agreed with his plan.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan continued to ask: "Then I don't know who you love to think, who can take up the post of Governor of Zhengbei?"

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers who were active just now immediately fell silent and stopped offering advice.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Yuan's intentions were already obvious.

Today, Li Shimin leads the army stationed in Tongguan, obviously targeting Luoyang Wang Shichong's forces.

As for Li Jiancheng, he was in charge of handling government affairs and planning the overall situation in the capital.

Obviously, this is already treating Li Jiancheng as an heir.

As for the candidates to stay behind in Taiyuan, they are Li Yuanji, the fourth son of Li Yuan, and Guo Ziyi, the deputy commander.

The commander-in-chief of this Northern Expedition must belong to Li Yuanji.

As for Li Yuan's question, his intention was to learn about the ministers who supported Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, and Li Shimin among the hundreds of officials through insinuation.

Therefore, almost all the ministers are human beings, and all of them are silent and do not express their attitudes.

This implies to Li Yuan that we are neutral people and will never participate in your establishment of a reserve.

No matter who you make inherit from you in the future, we will firmly obey!
"Your Majesty, the King of Qin knows how to fight well, and has made outstanding contributions. The establishment of the Tang Dynasty will be at least half of the credit of the King of Qin."

"Therefore, the minister recommended King Qin to go north to take command and lead the army to drive out the Hu Kou in northern Xinjiang."

He only said that the person who spoke out was Li Yuan's son-in-law Chai Shao.

Chai Shao supported Li Shimin in the first place, and now there is a god-sent opportunity in front of him, how could he miss it.

Dang even challenged the emperor Li Yuan to win a chance for him.

However, Li Yuan didn't agree immediately, instead his expression turned dark.

Simply Chai Shao is Li Yuan's son-in-law, if it were someone else, Li Yuan would have turned his back on him long ago and lost his temper.

After all, since ancient times, what the emperor feared the most was the participation of foreign ministers in the event of establishing a reserve.

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Immediately, Prince Li Jiancheng quietly signaled Pei Ji with his eyes.

Pei Ji understood, immediately cupped his hands and came out, and said: "Your Majesty, in Ji's opinion, Master Chai's words are wrong!"

"Although King Qin's ability to command troops is obvious to all Tang Dynasty, but after all, King Qin has always been stationed at Tongguan and confronted Wang Shichong."

"As the saying goes: the right time, the right place, and the right people, but the king of Qin is not familiar with the situation in the northern border."

"On the other hand, His Royal Highness King Qi has been shocking Taiyuan for a long time, so he must be well aware of the situation in northern Xinjiang."

"Therefore, I think that it is more appropriate for His Royal Highness King Qi to lead the army to the north. Please think again, Your Majesty!"

Although Pei Ji's words were high-sounding, their content was far-fetched.

One of the sentences that Li Shimin is not familiar with the local situation is extremely ridiculous!
It must be known that Li Shimin was guarding the northern border like Gao Qi at the beginning, sticking to Xihe County.

He also often fights with Hu Kou, so how can he not be familiar with the battle situation?

However, the most suspicious thing is that Pei Ji supports Li Jiancheng.

But why did Li Jiancheng signal Pei Ji to persuade Li Yuan to let Li Yuanji take charge of the Northern Expedition.

Of course, this is definitely not a good intention, and it must be some kind of shady trick!

However, following Pei Ji's extremely far-fetched words, Li Yuan made a decision.

That is, on the grounds that Li Shimin wanted to lead the army to defend Luoyang Wang Shichong, he ordered Li Yuanji, who stayed in Taiyuan, to lead the expedition to northern Xinjiang.

Its target is directed at the Khitan army outside Yanmen Pass!

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For a while, as Li Tang got involved in the war in northern Xinjiang again, the battle situation became even more confusing!

This great battle has attracted the attention of people all over the world, and they all want to pay attention to how this battle between Hu and Han will end?
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I saw that the Sui army's iron cavalry had already been ready to go, and only waited for an order, they rushed out of the pass and attacked the Hu Kou.

But this time, Yang Ye personally led the army, accompanied by Yang Zaixing, Yang Yanding, Yang Yanan, Yang Yanhui, and Yang Yande.

As for the cautious Yang Yanping, he led the infantry to stay at Yanmen Pass to guard against the Khitan army's breakthrough.

"Soldiers, go out and cut into Hu Kou!"

For a while, as Yang Ye ordered the whole army to leave the customs, [-] Sui cavalry slowly came out!

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This move has a feeling that no one will feel it if he cuts into the Hu Kou, and he will not return if he does not break the Khitan.

(End of this chapter)